The role of the solar and lunar calendars in the redaction of the Psalms / Michael Chyutin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chyutin, Michael.

Series:

Studies in the Bible and early Christianity ; v. 54.

Studies in the Bible and early Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Redaction.

Bible. Psalms.

Jewish calendar.

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 The War of the Calendars in the Second Temple Period

1. Sectarianism and the Calendar in the Temple Periods 1

2. The Archaic Calendar 5

3. The Egyptian Solar Calendar 11

4. The Mesopotamian and the Greek Lunar Calendars 15

5. Seasonal Calendars 19

6. A Canaanite Calendar-The Gezer Calendar 23

7. The Calendar of the Qumran Sect 29

8. The Calendar of the Book of Jubilees 39

9. The Calendar in Enoch A 45

10. The Calendar in Enoch B 53

11. The Scriptural Solar Calendar in the First Temple Period 59

12. The Jewish Holy Days and the Solar Calendar 73

13. The Controversy of the Sectarian Solar Calendars 85

14. The Babylonian/Hebrew Lunar Calendar in the Second Temple Period 95

15. The Lunar Calendar in the Temples at Mount Gerizim and Elephantine 103

16. The Dual Calendar in the Scriptures 113

17. Historical Feasts and Fast Days in the Second Temple Period 127

18. The War of the Calendars and the Story of the Deluge 131

19. The War of the Calendars-Summary 145

Part 2 The Calendrical Redaction of the Book of Psalms

20. Variant Redactions of the Book of Psalms 163

21. The Redaction of the Traditional Book of Psalms 167

22. The Divine Names and the Redaction of the Book of Psalms 171

23. The Redaction of the Book of Psalms as a Solar Calendar 177

24. The Tradition of Calendrical Redaction of Songs 185

25. The Psalms Scroll from Qumran, 11Q5 189

26. The Apocryphal Psalms 195

27. The Redaction of the Daily Psalms According to the Solar Calendar 203

28. The Solar A Redaction of the Qumran Psalms Scroll (11Q5) 211

29. The Solar B Redaction of the Psalms 221

30. The Solar C and the Archaic Calendar Redactions of the Psalms 227

31. The Lunar Calendar and the Redaction of the Traditional Book of Psalms 231

32. The Daily Psalms in the Traditional Lunar Redaction 243

33. The Sabbath Psalms in the Traditional Lunar Redaction 261

34. Psalms for the Months in the Traditional Lunar Redaction 267

35. Psalms for Assembly Days, Atonement Day, and an Intercalary Day 273

36. The Lunar Redaction of the Psalms in the Septuagint Translation 277

37. Numerical Groupings in the Variant Redactions 283

38. Stages in the Development of the Redaction of the Book of Psalms 287

Appendix A The Feasts of Megillat Ta'anit 297

Appendix B Number Mysticism and the Redaction of Books 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-342) and index.

ISBN:

0773469311

OCLC:

50868227