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Calendar and community : a history of the Jewish calendar, second century BCE-tenth century CE /

This text traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origins until it reached, in the 10th century CE, its present form. It draws on a wide range of sources including literary, documentary, epigraphic, Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Sacha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Jewish calendar > History.
Calendrier juif > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Time.
Jewish calendar
Jodendom.
Kalenders.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origins until it reached, in the 10th century CE, its present form. It draws on a wide range of sources including literary, documentary, epigraphic, Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index.
ISBN:9780191520785
0191520780
0198270348
9780198270348