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245 10 Living the Lunar Calendar|h[Elektronisk resurs] 
264  1 |bOxbow Books,|c2022 
300    350 sidor 
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520    Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the
       length of each month and the number of months in the year.
       Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of
       the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the
       new moon crescent can never be known in advance. Calendars
       which rely on such observations to define the beginning of
       a new month therefore suffer from this lack of certainty 
       as to whether a month will begin on a given day or the 
       next. The papers in this volume address the question of 
       how ancient and medieval societies lived with the 
       uncertainties of a lunar calendar. How did lack of 
       foreknowledge of the beginning of the month impact upon 
       administration, the planning of festivals, and historical 
       record keeping? Did societies replace the observation of 
       the new moon crescent with schematic calendars or 
       calendars based upon astronomical calculations and what 
       were the ideological and practical consequences of such a 
       change? The contributors to this volume address these 
       topics from the perspectives of a variety of Ancient Near 
       Eastern, Jewish, Ancient and Medieval European, Asian and 
       American cultures. [Elib] 
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655  4 E-böcker 
655  4 Historia 
655  4 Humaniora 
655  4 Naturvetenskap 
700 1  Steele, John M.|4edt 
700 1  Ben-Dov, Jonathan|4edt 
700 1  Horowitz, Wayne|4edt 
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