Head of all years : astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context /

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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Main Author: Ben-Dov, Jonathan.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 78.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.

Subjects:

Qumrantexte.
Äthiopisches Henochbuch.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Ethiopic book of Enoch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Astronomie.
Kalender.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jewish calendar > History.

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Call Number: CE35 .B395 2008

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