David Miano-Shadow on the Steps Time Measurement in Ancient Israel-Society of Biblical Literature 2010 by Miano, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations and Terms xi Figures and Tables xix Introduction 1 1. Calendars

1.1. Natural Units of Time 7 1.2. The Day as a Unit of Measurement 7 1.2.1. The Hebrew Word for Day 7 1.2.2. When Did the Day Begin and End? 8 1.2.3. Measurable Divisions of the Day 13 1.3. The Month as a Unit of Measurement 19 1.3.1. The Hebrew Words for Month 19 1.3.2. The Naming and Numbering of Months 20 1.3 J. When Did the Month Begin and End? 25 1.3.4. Measurable Divisions of the Month 27 1.4. The Year as a Unit of Measurement 29 1.4.1. The Hebbew Word for Year 29 1.4.2. When Did the Year Begin and End ? 31 1.4,2. The Agricultural Year 31 1.4.2.2, The Civil Year 35 1.4.2.3, The Liturgical Year 40 1.4.2.4, The Regnal Year 42 1.5. Lunar, Solar and Lunisolar Calendars 47

2. Long-Time Reckoning

2.1, The Counting of Time Units 49 2.2, The Use of Eras 56 2.3, Counting Generations 58

3. Genealogical Chronologies

3.1. Dating Events by the Life of an Individual 63 3.2. Genealogical Lists Containing Chronological information 6 5 3.2.1. Description 65 3.2.2. List-Making in the Ancient World 65 3.2.3. Textual Variants of Genesis 5 and 11 and Their History 67 3.2.3.1. Genesis 5 67 3.2.3.2. Genesis 11 76 3.3. Sources of the Priestly Genealogical Chronology 8 3 3.3.1. Pieliminary Considerations 83 3.3.2. Pedigrees 86 3.3.2.1, Ancient Linear Genealogies in General 86 3.3.2.2, The Life Spans of the Forefathers 88 3.3.2.3, A Generational Pedigree in Genesis 5 and 11 91 3.3.3. Conclusions 95

4. Rulership Chronologies

4.1.1. Time as Seen by the Deuteronomistic Historians and Their Audiences 97 4.1. Chronological Sources of the Deuteronomic History 97 4.1.2. Chronological Sources for the book of Jeremiah 98 4.1.3. Chronological Sources Relating to the Judges 100 4.1.4. Chronological Sources Relating to the Kings 106 4.1.4.1. Preliminary Considerations 106 4.1.4.2. King Lists 109 4.1.4.3. Royal Chronicles 119 4.1.4.4. Textual Difficulties in Kings 126 4.1.4.5. Conclusions 141 4.2. Historical Reconstructions 142

5. Conclusions and Implications Appendix A; Chronographic Sources Incorporated into the Deuteronomic History 217 Appendix B: What Happened in the Fourteenth Year of Hezekiah? 221 Bibliography 245 Ancient Sources Index 257 Modern Authors Index 265