4 Q 503 (DAILY PRAYERS) AND THE LUNAR CALENDAR
The liturgical formulas for daily blessings found in 4 Q 503 are arranged in accordance with the phases of the moon. The method used is the same as that found in 1 Enoch 73-79. This paper offers alternatives to the calendrical identifications of particular fragments made by the editor. As to the sec...
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Peeters
1986
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Revue de Qumran
Year: 1986, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 399-407 |
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| Summary: | The liturgical formulas for daily blessings found in 4 Q 503 are arranged in accordance with the phases of the moon. The method used is the same as that found in 1 Enoch 73-79. This paper offers alternatives to the calendrical identifications of particular fragments made by the editor. As to the sectarian character of this composition, it lacks specific Qumran terminology but is compatible with an early stage in the development of the community. Two significant inferences concerning the calendar can be made: 1. The fragments confirm the method of reckoning the beginning of the day from evening, as in Jubilees and the Damascus Document. 2. They show that, at least in its early history, the sect did not repudiate the lunar calendrical calculations, as as done in Jubilees, but used them as a framework for its daily liturgy. Les formules liturgiques pour les prières quotidiennes que contient 4 Q 503 sont arrangées selon les phases de la lune, tout comme en 1 Hénoch 73-79. Cet article propose, pour divers fragments, des identifications différentes de celles de l'éditeur. Ce texte n'a pas une terminologie spécifiquement qumrânienne, mais il peut provenir d'un premier stage dans le développement de la Communauté. Deux conclusions significatives concernent le calendrier : 1) Ces fragments confirment que le jour commençait le soir, comme dans les Jubilés et le Document de Damas. 2) Ils montrent que la Communauté, au moins au début de son histoire, ne repoussait pas le calendrier lunaire, comme le faisaient les Jubilés, mais l'utilisait comme cadre de sa liturgie quotidienne. |
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| ISSN: | 2506-7567 |
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