Anyone knows the birthday of Moses?

[Beja]

Hi all.
I want to know the Birthday of Moses in Gregorian calendar? I read it was on the seventh day of Adar in Hebrew calendar.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Lahksman]

converted it here

7 Adar 2368 corresponds to 18 February, -992 in Gregorian calendar
Thursday

Note that a Jewish day starts at sunset. This conversion is valid for daytime

 

[Beja]

Thanks Lahksman,
So it's 18 February, 992 BC.

 

[eurojam]

o it's 18 February, 992 BC.

Beja, this seems to be wrong: he lived 1393-1273 BCE

 

[Lahksman]

Oops, I didn't verify the date.
I just trusted the converter.

 

[Lahksman]

Found this qoute on wikipedia

Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 (120 years) BCE;[7]Jerome gives 1592 BCE,[8] and Ussher 1571 BCE as his birth year.[9][a]

Guess it isn't really known when he was born.

 

[Beja]

Hi guys and thanks for the information..
In fact I am interested in the date of birth rather then the age.
I didn't know how to convert the seventh day of Adar 1391 BC in Hebrew calendar, to Gregorian calendar. Any formula to calculate that?

 

[Lahksman]

The problem is that a day in the hebrew calendar hasn't got a fixed length. So it's practically impossible to calculate the corresponding day and month in the Gregorian calendar.
7th of adar is never the same day in the gregorian calendar.

 

[Lahksman]

Googled it a bit further and found another converter that seems to make more sense.
This gives me the date of 18th Februari 1393 BCE.
Of course this day is only as correct as the hebrew year. Shift the Hebrew year to one year earlier or later and the result changes.

 

[Beja]

Thanks Lahksman for the efforts..
Do you know what date was 7th. Adar this year (2015)?

 

[Lahksman]

According to the converter I linked in my last post it should be 26th of February 2015.
for 2016 it's the 16th of February.

 

[Beja]

Yes, but I am asking about the actual date this year.. unless the Hebrew calendar is not used nowadays.

 

[Lahksman]

It's still used, but now we are in the Hebrew year 5775.
7th adar 5775 = 16th of February 2016
7th adar 5774 = 26th of February 2015

 

[ilan]

7 adar 2368

Jews get out of agypt at year 2448 and moses was 80 years old at that time.

 

[Lahksman]

@ilan That's the date i converted.
So the converted date should be accurate. (and i have to read my bible again )

in case anyone is curious the Mayan date (according to the Mayan Long Count) for Mozes' birth is: 4 Baktu, 7 Katun, 5 Tun, 10 Winal, 7 Kin

 

[ilan]

you cannot calculate exactly the day moses was born because until the 2nd temple was destroyed the 1st day of the month was set by 2 Witnesses that has seen the moon.

a month has 29.5 days (+ few minutes) so a missing month has 29 days and a full month has 30 days (like this we are counting today) but then the days of the month was set after 2 witnesses came and said they saw the moon and at that day it was "Rosh Hodesh" what means 1st day of the month if after 30 days no witnesses came it was set to 30 days. so you cannot calculate the day exactly because you dont know which months was full or missing until the 2nd temple was destroyed.

but the hebrew day is 7 adar 2368 (3 years after aharon was born)

 

[Lahksman]

Here is how Stephen P. Morse dit it:
http://www.stevemorse.org/jcal/rules.htm

 

[Beja]

Thanks Lahksman,
That was a lot of information on the subject. I will read it again. I never thought it was that complex.