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Re: orion-list 63 BCE; 4QMishC >However is this a complete understanding of this text? Ian >has proposed (I hope I paraphrase his sense accurately) >that rather than a timeless recurring 6-year cycle priestly >course sequence, that this IS an annal--like a chronicle or >diary--although from a priestly point of view.
- To: orion@mscc.huji.ac.il
- Subject: Re: orion-list 63 BCE; 4QMishC >However is this a complete understanding of this text? Ian >has proposed (I hope I paraphrase his sense accurately) >that rather than a timeless recurring 6-year cycle priestly >course sequence, that this IS an annal--like a chronicle or >diary--although from a priestly point of view.
- From: "Rochelle I. Altman" <risa@mail.hol.gr>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:24:11 -300
- Reply-To: orion@mscc.huji.ac.il
Not all annals/chronicles use linear time: this is just another example
of cyclical time. It's the standard method to record reigns used by the
Mayans and some other Indian groups... it's used in a 15 year cycle in
many typical medieval Christian annal records... and, as a matter of course,
notes important secular events written next to the religious calendar...
so what else is new?
Sigh
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Dr. Rochelle I. Altman, co-coordinator IOUDAIOS-L risa@hol.gr
For private reply, e-mail to "Rochelle I. Altman" <risa@mail.hol.gr>
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