Time and the Bahá'í Era
Subtitle: A Study of the Badíʻ Calendar
Publisher: George Ronald
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Herts, UK
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 334
Table of contents: title: ix
label: Preface; title: xii
label: Acknowledgements; title: xv
label: Concerning the transcription of Arabic and Persian expressions; title: xix
label: Foreword, by Udo Schaefer; label: PART I PREHISTORY; title: 3
label: 1 The Prehistoric Concept of Time; title: 4
label: Natural time intervals; title: 7
label: The lunar cycle; title: 12
label: The path of the sun; title: 17
label: The stars; title: 23
label: Solutions to the phase synchronization problem; title: 28
label: Growing demands on time calibration; title: 35
label: 2 The Calendar in History; title: 36
label: Indo-Iranian calendar systems; title: 37
label: The Zoroastrian calendar; title: 44
label: The Iranian national calendar; title: 46
label: Graeco-Roman calendar systems; title: 53
label: Semitic calendar systems; title: 55
label: The Jewish calendar; title: 59
label: The Islamic calendar; title: 65
label: 3 The Time of Day; label: PART II THE BADI CALENDAR; title: 73
label: 4 An Overview; title: 75
label: A brief history; title: 79
label: 5 Symbolic Implications; title: 80
label: The symbolism of the heavenly bodies; title: 87
label: The start of the year; title: 96
label: Unity in diversity: The number nineteen; title: 104
label: Ayyam-i-Há - intercalary days; title: 111
label: The week; title: 115
label: The start of the day; label: PART III THE PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION OF THE BADI' CALENDAR; title: 127
label: 6 Determining the Day of Naw-Rúz; title: 127
label: Astronomical data; title: 131
label: Written sources; title: 139
label: Determining the day of Naw-Rúz using a reference spot; title: 146
label: The reference-spot method: Doctrine or alternative?; title: 164
label: The cyclic-progressive method for fixing the day of Naw-Rúz; title: 172
label: The two methods in comparison; title: 174
label: The relationship between the annual threshold and the date line; title: 181
label: 7 The Badi Calendar and die Time of Day; title: 184
label: The meridional calendar; title: 186
label: Occidental time; title: 194
label: The change of day in the polar regions; title: 200
label: The occidental day and the calendar date; title: 204
label: Bahá’í commemorations; title: 218
label: Badi time; title: 223
label: 8 The Rhythm of Life; title: 224
label: The status of the week and the day of rest; title: 230
label: The central role of the Nineteen Day Feast; title: 236
label: The work-free feast day; title: 239
label: Seven into nineteen; title: 242
label: The nineteen-day life rhythm; title: 249
label: Conclusion; label: Appendices; title: 251
label: A The Abjad Number System; title: 253
label: B The Prohibition of the Priesthood; title: 256
label: C Date Expressions Between 3rd Yawm-i-Há and 1st Alá; title: 259
label: D Annual Thresholds for the Badi Years 1-200; title: 267
label: Bibliography; title: 275
label: Notes and References; title: 299
label: Index