Calendrical Variations in Second Temple Judaism: New Perspectives on the 'Date of the Last Supper' Debate

Stéphane Saulnier

ISBN 10: 9004169636 / ISBN 13: 9789004169630

Published by BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2012

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Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 296 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | From a consideration of previously known and from newly identified calendrical polemics, this book offers new perspectives on internal tensions within Second Temple Judaism and their possible impact on the long standing debate about the day of the last supper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calendrical Variations in Second Temple Judaism: New Perspectives on the 'Date of the Last Supper' Debate
• Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004169636
• ISBN 13: 9789004169630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Starting from the seminal work of the French scholar Annie Jaubert on the date of the Last Supper, the present work revisits known - and identifies new - calendrical issues in the literature of Second Temple Judaism. The research supports the conclusion that all known calendrical traditions functioned on the tenet that orthopraxis in ancient Judaism meant close interconnection between cultic and agricultural cycles. From this perspective the book removes the calendrical objection leveled at the Jaubertian theory. Further, the research brings new light on current debates about Qumran calendrical documents and proposes the identification of a previously unknown calendrical polemic in the Astronomical Book of Enoch concerning the synchronization of the 364DY tradition with the lunar cycle.

About the Author

Stéphane F. Saulnier, Ph.D. (2007) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Kent (UK), is Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture at Newman Theological College, Edmonton, Alta.