Eshbal Ratzon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1459521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eshbal Ratzon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eshbal |
| FAMILY NAME | Ratzon |
| SIGNATURE | RATZON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9960-2615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lunar Calendars, Solar Calendars, and Some Mysterious Phenomena in 4Q321 (4QCalendarical Document/4QMishmarot B)
Since its publication, the calendrical scroll 4Q321 (4QMishmarot B) has aroused particular interest among scholars; indeed, its features are crucial for understanding the calendrical system in Qumran. This manuscript, which embeds lunar astronomical phenomena, heads of months, and festivals within a 364-day calendar framework, constitutes the focus of this article. We examine the formation of this particular scroll and the editorial process it un…
A computational analysis of the special Talmudic tractates
The Babylonian Talmud, primarily composed in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, exhibits various non-standard linguistic features, interspersed throughout it. Medieval rabbis highlighted some tractates, often referred to as the 'special tractates', which possess a more abundant number of occurrences of these features than others. This identification involved mostly classical linguistic and philological methodologies, along with some scholarly intuition. …
Jewish time
The First Jewish Astronomers
Argument The Astronomical Book of Enoch describes the passage of the moon through the gates of heaven, which stand at the edges of the earth. In doing so, the book describes the position of the rising and setting of the moon on the horizon. Otto Neugebauer, the historian of ancient science, suggested using the detailed tables found in later Ethiopic texts in order to reconstruct the path of the moon through the gates. This paper offers a new exam…
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The First Jewish Astronomers
Argument The Astronomical Book of Enoch describes the passage of the moon through the gates of heaven, which stand at the edges of the earth. In doing so, the book describes the position of the rising and setting of the moon on the horizon. Otto Neugebauer, the historian of ancient science, suggested using the detailed tables found in later Ethiopic texts in order to reconstruct the path of the moon through the gates. This paper offers a new exam…
Jewish time
A computational analysis of the special Talmudic tractates
The Babylonian Talmud, primarily composed in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, exhibits various non-standard linguistic features, interspersed throughout it. Medieval rabbis highlighted some tractates, often referred to as the 'special tractates', which possess a more abundant number of occurrences of these features than others. This identification involved mostly classical linguistic and philological methodologies, along with some scholarly intuition. …
Lunar Calendars, Solar Calendars, and Some Mysterious Phenomena in 4Q321 (4QCalendarical Document/4QMishmarot B)
Since its publication, the calendrical scroll 4Q321 (4QMishmarot B) has aroused particular interest among scholars; indeed, its features are crucial for understanding the calendrical system in Qumran. This manuscript, which embeds lunar astronomical phenomena, heads of months, and festivals within a 364-day calendar framework, constitutes the focus of this article. We examine the formation of this particular scroll and the editorial process it un…
Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Astronomy (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Dead Sea Scrolls (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works)