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Re: The lunar or the solar?
>Does this mean that among the Q 4thday would have slipped a day every 4
>years along with the vernal equinox and, therefore, Shabbat also changed?
>
Intercalation is still a mystery with the Qumran calendar. As far as I can
tell it is never hinted at. So, if the calendar was actually used it
certainly would have drifted backwards by a day and a quarter every year.
Marty
Martin Abegg
Director, Dead Sea Scrolls Institute
Trinity Western University