Head of all years : astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context /
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. This tradition-attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Pseudepigrapha-stands out as a coherent, novel synthesis, rep...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
78.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.
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Call Number: CE35 .B395 2008
| 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. This tradition-attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Pseudepigrapha-stands out as a coherent, novel synthesis, representing the Jewish authors' apocalyptic worldview. The calendar is studied here both "from within"-analyzing its textual manifestations -and "from without"-via a comparison with ancient Mesopotamian astronomy. This analysis reveals that the calendrical realm constituted a significant case of inter-cultural borrowing, pertinent to similar such cases in ancient literature. Special attention is given to the "Book of Astronomy" (1 Enoch 72-82) and a variety of calendrical and liturgical texts from Qumran. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047424192 |
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