Time, Astronomy, and Calendars – serie
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Dating the Passion
The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200–1600)
Inbunden, 2011
2791 kr
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The beginnings of scientific chronology are usually associated with the work of the great Renaissance philologist Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609), but this perspective is challenged by the existence of a vivid pre-modern computistical tradition, in which technical chronological questions, especially …
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, …
Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar
A Study with Five Editions and Translations
Inbunden, 2014
3471 kr
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During the later Middle Ages (twelfth to fifteenth centuries), the study of chronology, astronomy, and scriptural exegesis among Christian scholars gave rise to Latin treatises that dealt specifically with the Jewish calendar and its adaptation to Christian purposes. In Medieval Latin Christian …
Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World
Inbunden, 2016
3706 kr
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Astronomical and astrological knowledge circulated in many ways in the ancient world: in the form of written texts and through oral communication; by the conscious assimilation of sought-after knowledge and the unconscious absorption of ideas to which scholars were exposed. The Circulation of …
Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Inbunden, 2019
2800 kr
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"Clock time", with all its benefits and anxieties, is often viewed as a "modern" phenomenon, but ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures also had tools for marking and measuring time within the day and wrestled with challenges of daily time management. This book brings together for the …
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 …
Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasāraṇī
Numerical tables in textual scholarship
Av Anuj Misra, Clemency Montelle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2025 kr
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The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇī is a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content …
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 …
Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France
The Notebooks of S. Belle
Inbunden, 2021
2944 kr
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This book explores the notebooks of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France, as a case study of late medieval astrological practice. These notebooks combine astrological doctrine, a large collection of horoscopes, an almanac, and three complete judgements of nativities. …
Jesuit Astrology
Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture
Inbunden, 2023
3039 kr
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Connections between the Society of Jesus and astrology used to appear as unexpected at best. Astrology was never viewed favourably by the Church, especially in early modern times, and since Jesuits were strong defenders of Catholic orthodoxy, most historians assumed that their religious fervour …
Astrologers at Work
Essays on the Practices and Techniques of Astrology in Memory of Helena Avelar
Inbunden, 2025
2848 kr
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Astrologers at Work brings together fourteen scholars to explore the history of astrological practice, focusing on techniques, doctrines, and methods of interpretation across cultures and centuries. Originating from the Tools of the Art conference, organised by the Astra Project in memory of Helena …
Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages
Av José Chabás, Bernard R. Goldstein
Inbunden, 2012
2553 kr
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A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages is a first attempt to classify and illustrate the numerous astronomical tables compiled from about the 10th century to the early 16th century in the Latin West. The compilation of astronomical tables was a major and dynamic …
