The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
39. How Do the Moon, Month, and Sabbath Regulate Biblical Calendars?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Philippe Guillaume [+]
University of Berne
Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).
Description
Ever since humans began to grow crops, they had to keep up with the seasons and sow at the right time. The Bible employs different calendrical systems, one of which is surprisingly accurate.