Time Intervals in 1 En. 72:8–32

Artykuł naukowy w czasopiśmie recenzowany

Czasopismo: Biblical Annals (ISSN: 2083-2222)
Rok wydania: 2025
Strony od-do: 671-688
Streszczenie: 1 En. 72:8–32 contains the monthly scheme of the change in the length of the day and night within the schematic year of 364 day. The scheme uses two basic units to measure time difference in the length of the nychthemeron between solstices: one “part” and the fraction of 1/9. Each nychthemeron is divided into 18 “parts,” and the regular factor of monthly variation is one “part.” Modern scholarship has failed to explain the meaning and function of the fraction 1/9 as well as the origin of the division of the nychthemeron into 18 “parts.” The first part of this study explains the meaning of fraction 1/9 in the monthly computus and its relationship to “one part.” The second explores the division of the nychthemeron into 18 “parts” in comparison with Table C, which
Słowa kluczowe: ancient Judaism, Jewish astronomy, ancient Babylonian schematic astronomy, 1 Enoch 72, pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
DOI: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4425-315X

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Cytowanie w formacie Bibtex:
@article{1,
author = "Henryk Drawnel",
title = "Time Intervals in 1 En. 72:8–32",
journal = "Biblical Annals",
year = "2025",
pages = "671-688"
}

Cytowanie w formacie APA:
Drawnel, H. (2025). Time Intervals in 1 En. 72:8–32. Biblical Annals, 671-688.