“Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos
The article describes a little-known version of the Hebrew calendar of the “solar” type, which is attested in the chronicle of George Syncellus (circa AD 810) as one of the three main calendars of the world (along with Roman and Alexandrian). The analysis of the structure shows that the calendar is...
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| description | The article describes a little-known version of the Hebrew calendar of the “solar” type, which is attested in the chronicle of George Syncellus (circa AD 810) as one of the three main calendars of the world (along with Roman and Alexandrian). The analysis of the structure shows that the calendar is an attempt to adapt to the Julian year of the specific Jewish calendar with 364 days (equal number of weeks) in a year known from the so called 1st Book of Enoch. “Jewish” names of the months are close to those in the Chronicon Paschale (hardly known to George), that suggests a common source of both chronicles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2bf3d6756384b8b9c34723552d496672022-12-21T18:31:58ZdeuUral Federal UniversityАнтичная древность и средние века0320-44722687-03982018-12-0143015216210.15826/adsv.2015.43.0082898“Jewish” calendar in Georgios SynkellosPavel Kuzenkov0Московский государственный университет им. М. В. Ломоносова, МоскваThe article describes a little-known version of the Hebrew calendar of the “solar” type, which is attested in the chronicle of George Syncellus (circa AD 810) as one of the three main calendars of the world (along with Roman and Alexandrian). The analysis of the structure shows that the calendar is an attempt to adapt to the Julian year of the specific Jewish calendar with 364 days (equal number of weeks) in a year known from the so called 1st Book of Enoch. “Jewish” names of the months are close to those in the Chronicon Paschale (hardly known to George), that suggests a common source of both chronicles.https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/adsv/article/view/3564история календарявизантийские хроникигеоргий синкелл1-я книга енохаевреи/иудеи в римской империи и византии |
| spellingShingle | Pavel Kuzenkov “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos Античная древность и средние века история календаря византийские хроники георгий синкелл 1-я книга еноха евреи/иудеи в римской империи и византии |
| title | “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos |
| title_full | “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos |
| title_fullStr | “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos |
| title_short | “Jewish” calendar in Georgios Synkellos |
| title_sort | jewish calendar in georgios synkellos |
| topic | история календаря византийские хроники георгий синкелл 1-я книга еноха евреи/иудеи в римской империи и византии |
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