Calendars in Antiquity

Zusatztext This brilliantly conceived and magisterially executed book deserves to attract a readership from well beyond the relatively small circles of calendar specialists and aficionados, Informationen zum Autor Sacha Stern is Professor of Jewish Studies at University College London. His research and publications are centred on ancient and medieval time and calendars, as well as on other aspects of Jewish history in Antiquity. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung 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 the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of TablesIntroductionPart I: From city states to great empires: the rise of the fixed calendars1: Calendars of ancient Greece2: The Babylonian calendar3: The Egyptian calendar4: The rise of the fixed calendars: Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian calendarsPart II: The empires challenged and dissolved: calendar diversity and fragmentation5: Fragmentation: Babylonian and Julian calendars in the Near East, 3rd century BCE 7th century CE6: Dissidence and subversion: Gallic, Jewish, and other lunar calendars in the Roman Empire7: Sectarianism and heresy: from Qumran calendars to Christian Easter controversiesConclusionReferencesIndex

Autorentext
Sacha Stern is Professor of Jewish Studies at University College London. His research and publications are centred on ancient and medieval time and calendars, as well as on other aspects of Jewish history in Antiquity.

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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 the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity.

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List of Tables Introduction Part I: From city states to great empires: the rise of the fixed calendars 1: Calendars of ancient Greece 2: The Babylonian calendar 3: The Egyptian calendar 4: The rise of the fixed calendars: Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian calendars Part II: The empires challenged and dissolved: calendar diversity and fragmentation 5: Fragmentation: Babylonian and Julian calendars in the Near East, 3rd century BCE 7th century CE 6: Dissidence and subversion: Gallic, Jewish, and other lunar calendars in the Roman Empire 7: Sectarianism and heresy: from Qumran calendars to Christian Easter controversies Conclusion References Index

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