Aviv barley and calendar diversity among Jews in eleventh-century Palestine
One of the most salient medieval Qaraite practices was setting the calendar by observation of natural phenomena. While the Rabbanites followed arithmetical schemes, Qaraites set months by sighting the new moon and intercalated years on the basis of the state of ripeness of barley crops (aviv). Multi...
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Liverpool University Press
2021
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Journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-312 |
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