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8 produkter
Calendar and Community
A History of the Jewish Calendar, 2nd Century BCE to 10th Century CE
Av Sacha Stern
Inbunden, 2001
4598 kr
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Calendar and Community traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origins until it reached, in the tenth century CE, its present form. Drawing on a wide range of often neglected sources - literary, documentary, epigraphic, Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian - it is the first …
Calendars in Antiquity
Empires, States, and Societies
Av Sacha Stern
E-bok, 2012
1760 kr
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Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the …
Calendars in Antiquity
Empires, States, and Societies
Av Sacha Stern
Inbunden, 2012
2765 kr
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Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society, and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, Gaul, and all other parts of the Mediterranean and the …
Time and Process in Ancient Judaism
Av Sacha Stern
Häftad, 2007
258 kr
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This illuminating study is about the absence of a concept of time in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Sacha Stern draws his evidence from the complete range of Jewish sources from this period: mainly early rabbinic literature, but also …
Sects and Sectarianism in Jewish History
Av Sacha Stern
Inbunden, 2011
2846 kr
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Sects and sectarianism are popular themes in Jewish history, but the meaning of these terms is elusive, often raising more problems than solutions. This volume, drawing on the expertise of a wide range of scholars, examines several Jewish groups from Antiquity to the present day that have been …
Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition
Av Sacha Stern, Charles Burnett
Inbunden, 2013
3639 kr
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The study of time, astronomy, and calendars, has been closely intertwined in the history of Western culture and, more particularly, Jewish tradition. Jewish interest in astronomy was fostered by the Jewish calendar, which was based on the courses of the sun and the moon, whilst astronomy, in turn, …
Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 CE
Av Sacha Stern
Inbunden, 2019
3140 kr
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In the year 921/2, the Jewish leaders of Palestine and Babylonia disagreed on how to calculate the calendar. This led the Jews of the entire Near East to celebrate Passover and the other festivals, through two years, on different dates. The controversy was major, but it became forgotten until its …
Calendars in the Making: The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages
Av Sacha Stern
Inbunden, 2021
2553 kr
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Calendars in the Making investigates the origins of calendars we are most familiar with today, yet whose early histories, in the Roman and medieval periods, are still shrouded in obscurity. It examines when the seven-day week was standardized and first used for dating and time reckoning, in Jewish …
