Shadow on the Steps: Time Measurement in Ancient Israel (Resources for Biblical Study)

David Miano

ISBN 10: 158983478X / ISBN 13: 9781589834781

Published by Society of Biblical Literature, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadow on the Steps: Time Measurement in Ancient Israel (Resources for Biblical Study)
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158983478X
• ISBN 13: 9781589834781
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

How did the ancient Israelites view and measure time? The Hebrew Bible, the chief source of information for Israelite time-reckoning during the monarchic period (ca. 1000 586 B.C.E.), contains chronological data from many different sources. This material has previously been treated as if it were derived from a single source and reflected but one system of time measurement. Shadow on the Steps considers the various sources and assesses each on its own terms. The path-breaking approach in this volume brings together material on biblical calendars and on the chronology of the kings and systematically uses one (calendars) to inform the other (chronology), laying the foundation both for a closer inspection of biblical approaches to history and for a foray into ancient chronography in general.

About the Author

David Miano is an ancient historian and a biblical scholar. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. Miano is the author of Shadow on the Steps: Time Measurement in Ancient Israel as well as several anthologies designed for classroom use, including Ideas in the Making: A Sourcebook for World Intellectual History to 1300 and Pen Stylus, and Chisel: An Ancient Egypt Sourcebook. Dr. Miano teaches at the Academy of Classical Arts and Humanities in Sarasota, Florida. Formerly he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and at San Diego Mesa College. In 2009 he received the Revelle College Outstanding Faculty Award in recognition of his excellence in teaching. Dr. Miano is the founder and executive director of Schola Antiquorum, a national, non-profit academic society dedicated to the study of ancient history.