LEADER 05467nam 2200661 450 001 9910465028303321 005 20200903223051.0 010 $a90-04-25966-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004259669 035 $a(CKB)3710000000078109 035 $a(EBL)1579901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001080729 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11605163 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001080729 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11070191 035 $a(PQKB)11000795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1579901 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004259669 035 $a(PPN)178905917 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1579901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10819080 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL551110 035 $a(OCoLC)866442062 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000078109 100 $a20140102d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTime, astronomy, and calendars in the Jewish tradition /$fSacha Stern, Charles Burnett ; editors 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands :$cBrill,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 225 1 $aTime, astronomy, and calendars,$x2211-632X ;$vVolume 3 300 $a"The study of time, astronomy, and calendars, has been closely intertwined in the history of Western culture and, more particularly, Jewish tradition. Jewish interest in astronomy was fostered by the Jewish calendar, which was based on the courses of the sun and the moon, whist astronomy, in turn, led to a better understanding of how time should be reckoned. Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish tradition, edited by Sacha Stern and Charles Burnett, presents a wide selection of original research in this multi-disciplinary field, ranging from Antiquity to the later Middle Ages. Its variety of approaches and sub-themes reflects the relevance of astronomy and calendars to many aspects of Jewish, and more generally ancient and medieval, culture and social history. Contributors include: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Reimund Leicht, Marina Rustow, Francois de Blois, Raymond Mercier, Philipp Nothaft, Josefina Rodriguez Arribas, Ilana Wartenberg, Israel Sandman, Justine Isserles, Anne C. Kineret Sittig, Katharina Keim, and Sacha Stern"--Summary. 311 $a90-04-25965-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material -- $t1. A Jewish Parapegma? Reading 1 Enoch 82 in Roman Egypt /$rJonathan Ben-Dov -- $t2. Observing the Moon: Astronomical and Cosmological Aspects in the Rabbinic New Moon Procedure /$rReimund Leicht -- $t3. Cosmology as Science or Cosmology as Theology? Reflections on the Astronomical Chapters of Pirke DeRabbi Eliezer /$rKatharina Keim -- $t4. Some Early Islamic and Christian Sources Regarding the Jewish Calendar (9th?11th centuries) /$rFrançois de Blois -- $t5. The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921?22: Reconstructing the Manuscripts and their Transmission History /$rMarina Rustow and Sacha Stern -- $t6. The Hebrew Calendrical Bookshelf of the Early Twelfth Century: The Cases of Abraham bar ?iyya and Jacob bar Samson /$rIlana Wartenberg -- $t7. Scribal Prerogative in Modifying Calendrical Tables /$rIsrael M. Sandman -- $t8. Astronomical Tables of Abraham bar ?iyya /$rRaymond Mercier -- $t9. The Sabbath Epistle by Abraham Ibn Ezra: Its Purpose and Novelty /$rAnne C. Kineret Sittig -- $t10. Medieval Jews and Medieval Astrolabes: Where, Why, How, and What For? /$rJosefina Rodríguez Arribas -- $t11. Some Hygiene and Dietary Calendars in Hebrew Manuscripts from Medieval Ashkenaz /$rJustine Isserles -- $t12. Me pudet audire Iudeum talia scire: A Late Medieval Latin School Text on the Jewish Calendar /$rC. Philipp E. Nothaft. 330 $aThe study of time, astronomy, and calendars, has been closely intertwined in the history of Western culture and, more particularly, Jewish tradition. Jewish interest in astronomy was fostered by the Jewish calendar, which was based on the courses of the sun and the moon, whilst astronomy, in turn, led to a better understanding of how time should be reckoned. Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition , edited by Sacha Stern and Charles Burnett, presents a wide selection of original research in this multi-disciplinary field, ranging from Antiquity to the later Middle Ages. Its variety of approaches and sub-themes reflects the relevance of astronomy and calendars to many aspects of Jewish, and more generally ancient and medieval, culture and social history. Contributors include: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Reimund Leicht, Marina Rustow, Francois de Blois, Raymond Mercier, Philipp Nothaft, Josefina Rodriguez Arribas, Ilana Wartenberg, Israel Sandman, Justine Isserles, Anne C. Kineret Sittig, Katharina Keim, and Sacha Stern 410 0$aTime, astronomy, and calendars ;$vv. 3. 606 $aJewish calendar$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJewish astronomy$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJewish cosmology$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJewish calendar$xHistory 615 0$aJewish astronomy$xHistory 615 0$aJewish cosmology$xHistory 676 $a529/.326 701 $aStern$b Sacha$0479971 701 $aBurnett$b Charles$0165265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465028303321 996 $aTime, astronomy, and calendars in the Jewish tradition$91940784 997 $aUNINA