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Head of All Years: Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran in Their Ancient ContextHead of All Years: Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran in Their Ancient ContextHead of All Years: Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran in Their Ancient Context
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
24.4 x 16.0 x 2.5 cm
Weight
0.64 kg.
ISBN
900417088X
ISBN13
9789004170889
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Head of All Years: Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran in Their Ancient Context

Jonathan Ben-Dov (Author) · Brill · Hardcover

Head of All Years: Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran in Their Ancient Context - Ben-Dov, Jonathan

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Synopsis "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, representing the Jewish authors' apocalyptic worldview. The calendar is studied here both "from within"--analyzing its textual manifestations --and "from without"--via a comparison with ancient Mesopotamian astronomy. This analysis reveals that the calendrical realm constituted a significant case of inter-cultural borrowing, pertinent to similar such cases in ancient literature. Special attention is given to the "Book of Astronomy" (1 Enoch 72-82) and a variety of calendrical and liturgical texts from Qumran.

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