Calendar and chronology, Jewish and Christian : : biblical, intertestamental and patristic studies / / by Roger T. Beckwith.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 33
• Author: Beckwith, Roger T.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1996.
• Anno di pubblicazione: 1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Lingua: English
• Serie: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 33.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 333 pages) :; illustrations.

Judaism and Christianity are both religions of history and remembrance and rely on calendars and accurate chronologies to recall and reenact the signal events in their histories. The import of dividing the day and night, of knowing the moment of Sabbath and Lord’s Day, of properly timing Passover an...