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Living the Lunar Calendar (Paperback)
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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.
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