Essays on Jewish chronology and chronography
By: by Ben Zion Wacholder.
Publisher: Ktav Pub. House
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Bible. O.T. -- Chronology -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Bible. O.T. Pentateuch -- Liturgical use; Haftarot; Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael; Chronology, Jewish -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Judaism -- Liturgy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The calendar of sabbatical cycles during the Second Temple and the early rabbinic period.; title: How long did Abram stay in Egypt? A study in hellenistic, Qumran, and rabbinic chronography.; title: With Weisberg, D. B. Visibility of the New Moon in cuneiform and rabbinic sources.; title: Pseudo-Eupolemus' two Greek fragments on the life of Abraham.; title: Biblical chronology in the hellenistic world chronicles.; title: A history of the sabbatical readings of Scripture for the "triennial cycle," prolegomenon to The Bible as read and preached in the old synagogue.; title: The date of the Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael.; title: Chronomessianism: the timing of messianic movements and the calendar of sabbatical cycles.