TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ben-Dov,Jonathan
TI  - Head of all years: astronomy and calendars at Qumran in their ancient context 
T2  - Brill eBook titles 2008
SN  - 9789047424192
AV  - CE35 .B395 2008
U1  - 529/.326 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Qumrantexte
KW  - swd
KW  - Äthiopisches Henochbuch
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - Ethiopic book of Enoch
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Astronomie
KW  - Kalender
KW  - Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
KW  - Jewish calendar
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and indexes; Preliminary Material; J. Ben-Dov --; Introduction; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 1. Unifying Elements Of The 364-Day Calendar; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 2. Lunar Theory And The Composition Of Ab; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 3. The Triennial Cycle; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 4. The Astronomical Book And Babylonian; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 5. Lunar Phases In The Mimarot Scrolls And Late; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 6. Between Babylonia And Jerusalem:; J. Ben-Dov --; Chapter 7. Summary And Conclusions; J. Ben-Dov --; Bibliography; J. Ben-Dov --; Index Of Ancient Sources; J. Ben-Dov --; Index Of Modern Authors; J. Ben-Dov --; Index Of Subjects; J. Ben-Dov; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004170889.ii-332
ER  -