Calendars in antiquity : empires, states, and societies / Sacha Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Sacha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calendar--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Calendar.

Calendar--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Calendar--Mediterranean Region--Political asepcts.

Calendar--Middle East--Political aspects.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. This book offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, from the origins up to and including Jewish and Christian calendars in late Antiquity.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. FROM CITY STATES TO GREAT EMPIRES: THE RISE OF THE FIXED CALENDARS""; ""1. Calendars of Ancient Greece""; ""2. The Babylonian Calendar""; ""3. The Egyptian Calendar""; ""4. The Rise of the Fixed Calendars: Persian, Ptolemaic, and Julian Calendars""; ""PART II. THE EMPIRES CHALLENGED AND DISSOLVED: CALENDAR DIVERSITY AND FRAGMENTATION""; ""5. Fragmentation: Babylonian and Julian Calendars in the Near East, Third Century BCE�Seventh Century CE""

""6. Dissidence and Subversion: Gallic, Jewish, and Other Lunar Calendars in the Roman Empire""""7. Sectarianism and Heresy: From Qumran Calendars to Christian Easter Controversies""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-162622-8

OCLC:

922971861