Reconstructing 4Q208–4Q209 as an Astronomical Artefact

Full title
Reconstructing 4Q208–4Q209 as an Astronomical Artefact
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Reference type
Author(s)
Jacobus, Helen R.
Year
2015
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
The Bible and Interpretation (Website)
Pages
http://www.bibleinterp.com/PDFs/Aramaic%20calendars%20DSS2.pdf
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Label
03/08/2015
Abstract

Nowhere in the ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean worlds have as many variant and different calendars been found as at Qumran. The diversity within the 364-day Hebrew calendar corpus is a continuing subject of research. Here, the focus is on two proposed Aramaic zodiac calendars: 4Q318 (4QZodiac Calendar and 4QBrontologion, registered as 4QZodiology and Brontology) and 4Q208–4Q209 (4QAstronomical Enoch a-b ). It is argued that these texts are related and that by adopting this model it should be possible to place some of the hitherto unplaced fragments from 4Q209.