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. The calendar is studied here both from within - analysing its textual manifestations - and from without - via a compari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ben-Dov, Jonathan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 78.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31371164*spi
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:xx, 331 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [289]-307) e índice.
ISBN:9789047424192