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 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. 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.

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.

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
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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