The Calendar of Sabbath Years During the Second Temple Era: A Response

In his paper "The Sabbath Year Cycle in Josephus" (HUCA LII, 1981), D. Blosser argues that the Jewish historian mistakenly refers to famines as having occurred in the year of shemittah when he means the post-sabbatical year, i.e., the first year of the next cycle. This was necessarily so b...

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Published in:Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Main Author: Wacholder, Ben Zion 1921-2011 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 1983
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iran (Antiquity) / History 539 BC-330 BC
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Calendar
Parallel Edition:Electronic