Eugen Mittwoch Mittwoch was the leading orientalist in Germany, and the founder of a more politically oriented, modern science of Middle East Studies, in contrast to the traditional philologic, apolitical approach very much influenced by Goethe. In 1924, Mittwoch stayed in Jerusalem, where he participated in the founding of a Department for Semitic Studies at Hebrew University. Since he was the leading specialist on Ethiopian languages world-wide, Mittwoch did not lose his academic position in 1933 immediately like almost all his Jewish colleagues in Germany did at that time. This had to do with a special intervention by Mussolini with Hitler on
Names of the days of the week - see понедельник Thing (Assembly), of which god Tyr/Ziu was the patron. Mid-week "or" Middle The day between two fasts "(An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin)" (Christianity) The Fast or Fasting Day (Christianity) Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity) "Shabbat" (Jewish Sabbath) Names of the days of the week The names of the days of the week in many languages are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astrology, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named