Reiterative calendars in medieval and early modern Jewish manuscripts - Nadia Vidro

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Many medieval and early modern Jewish calendars were based on the assumption that the calendar repeats itself exactly after 247 years. This lecture sketches the history of the 247-year calendar cycle based on evidence provided by a comprehensive corpus of medieval and early modern manuscripts from different geo-cultural areas.

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