TY - MANSCPT AU - Wacholder,Ben Zion TI - Essays on Jewish chronology and chronography SN - 0870682601 (hpb) AV - BS637.2 .W3 U1 - 296 Wac 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - New York PB - Ktav Pub. House KW - Abraham KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Chronology KW - Pentateuch KW - Liturgical use KW - Haftarot KW - Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael KW - Jewish chronology KW - Judaism KW - Liturgy N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The calendar of sabbatical cycles during the Second Temple and the early rabbinic period.--How long did Abram stay in Egypt? A study in hellenistic, Qumran, and rabbinic chronography.--With Weisberg, D. B. Visibility of the New Moon in cuneiform and rabbinic sources.--Pseudo-Eupolemus' two Greek fragments on the life of Abraham.--Biblical chronology in the hellenistic world chronicles.--A history of the sabbatical readings of Scripture for the "triennial cycle," prolegomenon to The Bible as read and preached in the old synagogue.--The date of the Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael.--Chronomessianism: the timing of messianic movements and the calendar of sabbatical cycles ER -