The concept of "being mode" laid out here bears a resemblance to the Jewish Sabbath ("shabbat" in Hebrew) observance from dusk on Friday to dusk on Saturday night.
As I understand it, one tradition of exegesis holds that most of the restrictions on activities during the Sabbath can be understood as restrictions on acting purposively to modify the natural world, engage in commerce, etc. (later rabbinical elaboration proscribed even thinking of such activities to maintain a restive frame of mind). The paradigm of such work activities in the Hebrew bible was the construction of the Tabernacle in the wilderness.
As I understand it, one tradition of exegesis holds that most of the restrictions on activities during the Sabbath can be understood as restrictions on acting purposively to modify the natural world, engage in commerce, etc. (later rabbinical elaboration proscribed even thinking of such activities to maintain a restive frame of mind). The paradigm of such work activities in the Hebrew bible was the construction of the Tabernacle in the wilderness.
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