The Gates Cosmology of the Astronomical Book of Enoch
This paper finds a parallel to the division of each Babylonian zodiacal sign into 30 degrees in the Enochic cosmology. In particular a new explanation of the rare Aramaic word חרתיה in 4Q209 (4Q209 7iii 1–2, 6) from the Aramaic Astronomical Book is offered as describing heavenly openings on the hori...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-111 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Enoch 72-82
/ 4Q209
/ Cosmology
/ Mesopotamia
/ Antiquity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
1 Enoch 72–82
Cosmology
Astronomy
Zodiac
Gates
Mesopotamia
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