Calendar In Biblical Times. The bible introduced a calendar with festivals and holidays occurring throughout the year, at god’s appointed times. The biblical calendar is a much overlooked topic.

The apocryphal books of enoch and of jubilees, dating from maccabean times in the second century before christ, mention a solar year of 364 days containing exactly 52. It was the calendar that jesus, the apostles, and the early church considered authoritative concerning when to.