Name: The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 Ce
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Author: Stern, Sacha
ISBN: 9789004388666

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The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 Ce

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Physical Book

Author

Sacha Stern

Publisher

Brill

Language

English

Pages

600

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.92 kg.

ISBN13

9789004388666

Synopsis "The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 Ce"

In the year 921/2, the Jewish leaders of Palestine and Babylonia disagreed on how to calculate the calendar. This led the Jews of the entire Near East to celebrate Passover and the other festivals, through two years, on different dates. The controversy was major, but it became forgotten until its late 19th-century rediscovery in the Cairo Genizah. Faulty editions of the texts, in the following decades, led to much misunderstanding about the nature, leadership, and aftermath of the controversy. In this book, Sacha Stern re-edits the texts completely, discovers many new Genizah sources, and challenges the historical consensus. This book sheds light on early medieval Rabbanite leadership and controversies, and on the processes that eventually led to the standardization of the medieval Jewish calendar.

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