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Head of all years : astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context / by Jonathan Ben-Dov.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 78.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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  • 9789047424192
  • 9047424190
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Head of all years.DDC classification:
  • 529/.326 22
LOC classification:
  • CE35 .B395 2008eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: UNIFYING ELEMENTS OF THE 364-DAY CALENDAR TRADITION; CHAPTER TWO: LUNAR THEORY AND THE COMPOSITION OF AB; CHAPTER THREE: THE TRIENNIAL CYCLE; CHAPTER FOUR: THE ASTRONOMICAL BOOK AND BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY: MUL. APIN AND EAE; CHAPTER FIVE: LUNAR PHASES IN THE MIŠMAROT SCROLLS AND LATE BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY; CHAPTER SIX: BETWEEN BABYLONIA AND JERUSALEM: THE NATURE AND DATE OF THE CONTACT; CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES.
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORSINDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Summary: Rather than being an isolated, primitive body of knowledge, the Jewish calendar tradition of 364 days constituted an integral part of the astronomical science of the ancient world. The calendar is studied here both from within - analysing its textual manifestations - and from without - via a comparison with Mesopotamian astronomy.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)308220

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and indexes.

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Rather than being an isolated, primitive body of knowledge, the Jewish calendar tradition of 364 days constituted an integral part of the astronomical science of the ancient world. The calendar is studied here both from within - analysing its textual manifestations - and from without - via a comparison with Mesopotamian astronomy.

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: UNIFYING ELEMENTS OF THE 364-DAY CALENDAR TRADITION; CHAPTER TWO: LUNAR THEORY AND THE COMPOSITION OF AB; CHAPTER THREE: THE TRIENNIAL CYCLE; CHAPTER FOUR: THE ASTRONOMICAL BOOK AND BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY: MUL. APIN AND EAE; CHAPTER FIVE: LUNAR PHASES IN THE MIŠMAROT SCROLLS AND LATE BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY; CHAPTER SIX: BETWEEN BABYLONIA AND JERUSALEM: THE NATURE AND DATE OF THE CONTACT; CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES.

INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORSINDEX OF SUBJECTS.