Zodiac Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Reception - Ancient Astronomy and Astrology in Early Judaism

Helen R Jacobus demonstrates mathematically that the Aramaic calendar texts from Qumran were designed to show the position of the sun and moon in the zodiac for each day of the month forever.

About the author

Dr Helen R. Jacobus (Ph.D. University of Manchester, 2011) is an honorary research associate at University College London. In 2011 she was awarded the Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize by the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR).

Product details

• Authors: Helen R Jacobus, Helen R. Jacobus
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2014
• EAN: 9789004284050
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28405-0
• No. of pages: 556
• Weight: 991 g
• Series: IJS Studies in Judaica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy