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1 online resource (xxi, 576 pages) : facsimilies (chiefly color). |
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text file |
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Time, Astronomy, and Calendars ; volume 7
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Time, astronomy, and calendars ; v. 7.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Figures, Plates and Tables; Figures; Plates; Tables; Abbreviations; Editorial Policies, Manuscripts and Sigla; Part 1. Introduction; Chapter 1. The Controversy Revisited; Chapter 2. Palestinians and Babylonians in Conflict: A Narrative; Chapter 3. Discovery and Early Scholarship; Chapter 4. Manuscripts, Texts, History: A New Approach; Chapter 5. The Jewish Calendar: The Controversy Explained; Part 2. The Book of the Calendar Controversy; Chapter 6. The Book of the Calendar Controversy: Introduction |
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Chapter 7. The Book of the Calendar Controversy: Critical EditionChapter 8. The Book of the Calendar Controversy: Diplomatic Editions; Part 3. Letters and Polemics, c. 922CE; Chapter 9. Ben Meir's First Letter; Chapter 10. Saadya's Letters; Chapter 11. Letters Miscellany; Chapter 12. Babylonian Letter 1; Chapter 13. Babylonian Letter 2; Chapter 14. Discourse on the Midday Limit; Chapter 15. Palestinian Polemic; Part 4. Later Sources; Chapter 16. Short References and Narratives (Sahl b. Maṛliaḥ, Hayye Gaon, Elias of Nisibis, and Various Genizah Sources) |
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Chapter 17. Palestinian Calendar ManualsConclusion; Glossary; References; Index of Sources; Manuscripts; Texts; General Index; Plates |
| Summary |
"In the year 921/2, the Jewish leaders of Palestine and Babylonia disagreed on how to calculate the calendar. This controversy led to the celebration of Passover and other festivals, through two years, on different dates. Although the whole Jewish Near East was drawn into the controversy, it was later forgotten, until its 19th-century rediscovery in the Cairo Genizah. The faulty editions of these texts have led to much misunderstanding about the nature and aftermath of the controversy. In this book, Sacha Stern re-edits completely the texts, discovers many more, and challenges the consensus on the controversy's history. This book sheds light on medieval Rabbanite relations, and on the processes that brought about the standardization of the calendar in medieval Jewry." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cultural studies.
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History.
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History. |
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Jewish calendar. |
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Middle East -- Babylonia. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Sources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jewish calendar controversy of 921/2 ce. Leiden Boston: BRILL, 2019 |
| ISBN |
9004388672 ebook |
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9789004388673 (electronic book) |
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9004388664 |
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9789004388666 |
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