{"product_id":"zodiac-calendars-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-their-reception-ancient-astronomy-and-astrology-in-early-judaism-9789004284050","title":"Zodiac Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Reception: Ancient Astronomy and Astrology in Early Judaism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Helen R. Jacobus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Judaism - Sacred Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ancient mathematical basis of the Aramaic calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls is analysed in this investigation. Helen R. Jacobus re-examines an Aramaic zodiac calendar with a thunder divination text (4Q318) and the calendar from the Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208 - 4Q209), all from Qumran. Jacobus demonstrates that 4Q318 is an ancestor of the Jewish calendar today and that it helps us to understand 4Q208 - 4Q209. She argues that these calendars were taught in antiquity as angelic knowledge described in \u003ci\u003e1 Enoch \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eBook of Jubilees\u003c\/i\u003e. The study also encompasses Babylonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine astronomy and astrology, and classical and Jewish writings. Finally, a medieval Hebrew zodiac calendar related to 4Q318 with an astrological text is published here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890608226455,"sku":"9789004284050","price":30736.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004284050.webp?v=1781180662","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/zodiac-calendars-in-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-their-reception-ancient-astronomy-and-astrology-in-early-judaism-9789004284050","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}