Head of all years : astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context / by Jonathan Ben-Dov.
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TextSeries: 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: - 9789047424192
- 9047424190
- Dead Sea scrolls
- Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dead Sea scrolls
- Ethiopic book of Enoch
- Qumrantexte
- Äthiopisches Henochbuch
- Äthiopisches Henochbuch
- Qumrantexte
- Jewish calendar -- History
- Jewish astronomy
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Calendrier juif -- Histoire
- Astronomie juive
- Apocryphes (Ancien Testament) -- Critique, interprétation, etc
- SCIENCE -- Time
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
- Jewish astronomy
- Jewish calendar
- Kalender
- Astronomie
- 529/.326 22
- CE35 .B395 2008eb
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and indexes.
Print version record.
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.