The Role of the Solar and Lunar Calendars in the Redaction of the Psalms (2002 Chyutin), book

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The Role of the Solar and Lunar Calendars in the Redaction of the Psalms (2002) is a book by Michael Chyutin.

Abstract

"Sectarianism in the Jewish religion increased during the Second Temple period. One of the prominent manifestations of their differences was the establishment of a different religious calendar for each sect, causing a ‘war of the calendars.’ The first part of this book provides a comprehensive survey of the various calendars found in the ancient world. The second part discusses the redaction of the Book of Psalms in this light. It argues that the redactional Book of Psalms is according to the lunar calendar, while that of the “Psalms Scroll” (11QPs) is according to the solar calendar as practiced at Qumran. Variations in the redaction of the Masoretic, the Septuagint and the other five identified Psalter Scrolls found in Qumran are interpreted as corresponding with the variations in the lunar and solar calendars."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002 (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, 54).

Table of contents

Preface -- Foreword

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

  • 1. Sectarianism and the Calendar in the Temple Periods
  • 2. The Archaic Calendar
  • 3. The Egyptian Solar Calendar
  • 4. The Mesopotamian and the Greek Lunar Calendars
  • 5. Seasonal Calendars
  • 6. A Canaanite Calendar – The Gezer Calendar
  • 7. The Calendar of the Qumran Sect
  • 8. The Calendar of the Book of Jubilees
  • 9. The Calendar in Enoch A
  • 10. The Calendar in Enoch B
  • 11. The Scriptural Solar Calendar in the First Temple Period
  • 12. The Jewish Holy Days and the Solar Calendar
  • 13. The Controversy of the Sectarian Solar Calendars
  • 14. The Babylonian/Hebrew Lunar Calendar in the Second Temple Period
  • 15. The Lunar Calendar in the Temples at Mount Gerizim and Elephantine
  • 16. The Dual Calendar in the Scriptures
  • 17. Historical Feasts and Fast Days in the Second Temple Period
  • 18. The War of the Calendars and the Story of the Deluge
  • 19. The War of the Calendars – Summary

Part 2: The Calendrical Redaction of the Book of Psalms

  • 20. Variant Redactions of the Book of Psalms
  • 21. The Redaction of the Traditional Book of Psalms
  • 22. The Divine Names and the Redaction of the Book of Psalms
  • 23. The Redaction of the Books of Psalms as a Solar Calendar
  • 24. The Tradition of Calendrical Redaction of Songs
  • 25. The Psalms Scroll from Qumran, 11Q5
  • 26. The Apocryphal Psalms
  • 27. The Redaction of the Daily Psalms According to the Solar Calendar
  • 28. The Solar A Redaction of the Qumran Psalms Scroll (11Q5)
  • 29. The Solar B Redaction of the Psalms
  • 30. The Solar C and the Archaic Calendar Redactions of the Psalms
  • 31. The Lunar Calendar and the Redaction of the Traditional Book of Psalms
  • 32. The Daily psalms in the Traditional Lunar Redaction
  • 33. The Sabbath Psalms in the Traditional Lunar Redaction
  • 34. Psalms for the Months in the Traditional Lunar Redaction
  • 35. Psalms for Assembly Days, Atonement Day, and an Intercalary Day
  • 36. The Lunar Redaction of the Psalms in the Septuagint Translation
  • 37. Numerical Groupings in the Variant Redactions
  • 38. Stages in the Development of the Redaction of the Book of Psalms

Appendix A: The Feasts of Megillat Ta’anit

Appendix B: Number Mysticism and the Redaction of Books

Bibliography -- Index

External links

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