Zodiac calendars in the Dead Sea scrolls and their reception : : ancient astronomy and astrology in early Judaism / / 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. Jaco...
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Superior document: | IJS Studies in Judaica, Volume 14 |
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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. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Towards A New Interpretation of 4QZodiac Calendar
- 2 4QBrontologion: Transmission, Origins and Significance
- 3 The Aramaic Astronomical Book of Enoch Reconsidered in the Light of 4Q318
- 4 The ‘Enoch Zodiac’ and Greco-Roman Zodiac Sundials
- 5 Zodiac Calendars in Hellenistic Texts and Artefacts
- 6 A Late Medieval Astrological Hebrew Text
- Summary and Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.