A 360-Day Administrative Year in Ancient Israel: Judahite Portable Calendars and the Flood Account

Administrators in ancient Judah used schematic 30-day months and a 360-day year alongside other annual frameworks. This year was never practiced as a "calendar" for any cultic or administrative purpose, but rather served as a convenient framework for long-term planning, as well as for lite...

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Main Author: Ben-Dov, Yonatan 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2021
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2021, Volume: 114, Issue: 4, Pages: 431-450
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Bible. Genesis 7-8 / Mesopotamia / Judah (Monarchy) / Findings / Plates (Engineering) / Calendar
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Flood narrative
B schematic calendar
B Aroer
B City of David
B Lachish
B calendar plaques
B Priestly Source
B calendars in the Hebrew Bible
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