Ethiopic Astronomy And Computus Paperback / softback
by OTTO NEUGEBAUER
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
The only detailed work for the English reader on the astronomical/calendar aspect of the Book of Enoch and the calculations of Easter and other movable Christian feasts in the Ethiopian Tewahido Orthodox Church.
The material here investigated originates from two different classes of sources the primitive astronomy of the Book of Enoch on the one hand, and the cleverly arranged Computus of the church calendar on the other.
These two groups of sources are separated from each other not only chronologically but also geographically: the Book of Enoch was composed in the last B.
C. in the Palestinian area (also represented in the Qumrn archives)....
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Red Sea Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781569024409
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Red Sea Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781569024409