Zodiac calendars in the Dead Sea scrolls and their reception : : ancient astronomy and astrology in early Judaism / / by Helen R. Jacobus.

• Superior document: IJS Studies in Judaica, Volume 14
• VerfasserIn: Jacobus, Helen R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: IJS studies in Judaica ; Volume 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (555 p.)
• Notes: Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004284060
• ISSN: 1570-1581
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Helen R. Jacobus.

The ancient mathematical basis of the Aramaic calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls is analysed in this investigation. Helen R. Jacobus re-examines an Aramaic zodiac calendar with a thunder divination text (4Q318) and the calendar from the Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208 - 4Q209), all from Qumran. Jacobus demonstrates that 4Q318 is an ancestor of the Jewish calendar today and that it helps us to understand 4Q208 - 4Q209. She argues that these calendars were taught in antiquity as angelic knowledge described in 1 Enoch and the Book of Jubilees . The study also encompasses Babylonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine astronomy and astrology, and classical and Jewish writings. Finally, a medieval Hebrew zodiac calendar related to 4Q318 with an astrological text is published here for the first time.