Head of all years
Subtitle: astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context
By: by Jonathan Ben-Dov.
Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah -- v. 78
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9789004170889
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls; Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Calendar, Jewish -- History; Jewish astronomy; Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Description: 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. The calendar is studied here both from within - analysing its textual manifestations - and from without - via a comparison with Mesopotamian astronomy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.