Zodiac calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and their reception : ancient astronomy and astrology in early Judaism /

Zodiac calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and their reception : ancient astronomy and astrology in early Judaism /

The ancient mathematical basis of the Aramaic calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls is analysed in this investigation. Helen R. Jacobus re-examines an Aramaic zodiac calendar with a thunder divination text (4Q318) and the calendar from the Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208 - 4Q209), all from Qumran. Jaco...

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Main Author: Jacobus, Helen R.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, [2015]

Series: IJS Studies in Judaica 14.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

Subjects:

Dead Sea scrolls.
Jewish calendar.
Jewish astronomy.

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Call Number: CE35 .J315 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 Towards A New Interpretation of 4QZodiac Calendar
  • 2 4QBrontologion: Transmission, Origins and Significance
  • 3 The Aramaic Astronomical Book of Enoch Reconsidered in the Light of 4Q318
  • 4 The 'Enoch Zodiac' and Greco-Roman Zodiac Sundials
  • 5 Zodiac Calendars in Hellenistic Texts and Artefacts
  • 6 A Late Medieval Astrological Hebrew Text
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.