It is with sincere diffidence that the present writer differs with The Seminarian, on a point of historical precedent, but he ventures to suggest that to find the prototype of Harvest-home we must go back far beyond New England, and for that matter far beyond Old England, nay, beyond the Christian era itself, even to the day when it was said, "Thou shalt observe the Feast of tabernacles, seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine."
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
The feast to which He thus quietly went up was the Feast of tabernacles.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
The three Galileans were awed by the sight, and Peter in his perturbation broke out with an offer to build three tabernacles.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell