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Essays on Jewish chronology and chronography

Title
Essays on Jewish chronology and chronography / by Ben Zion Wacholder.
Author
Wacholder, Ben Zion.
Publication
New York : Ktav Pub. House, 1976.

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Description
xvii, 257 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
  • Bible. > Chronology
  • Bible. > Liturgical use
  • Haftarot
  • Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael
  • Jewish chronology
  • Judaism > Liturgy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The calendar of sabbatical cycles during the Second Temple and the early rabbinic period.--How long did Abram stay in Egypt? A study in hellenistic, Qumran, and rabbinic chronography.--With Weisberg, D. B. Visibility of the New Moon in cuneiform and rabbinic sources.--Pseudo-Eupolemus' two Greek fragments on the life of Abraham.--Biblical chronology in the hellenistic world chronicles.--A history of the sabbatical readings of Scripture for the "triennial cycle," prolegomenon to The Bible as read and preached in the old synagogue.--The date of the Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael.--Chronomessianism: the timing of messianic movements and the calendar of sabbatical cycles.
ISBN
0870682601
LCCN
75045443
OCLC
ocm01993230
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries