The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 Ce

In 921/2, the Jews of Palestine and Babylonia disagreed about the calendar, and celebrated their festivals, through two years, on different dates. Sacha Stern re-edits the texts from the Cairo Genizah, contributes new discoveries, and revises entirely the history of the controversy.

About the author

Sacha Stern (DPhil. Oxon. 1992) is Professor of Jewish Studies at University College London. He is the author of Calendar and Community: a History of the Jewish Calendar (Oxford 2001) and Calendars in Antiquity (Oxford 2012).

Product details

• Authors: Sacha Stern
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2019
• EAN: 9789004388666
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38866-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 916 g
• Series: Time, Astronomy, and Calendars
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy