Was the Sabbath Observed in Āl-Yāḫūdu in the Early Decades of the Babylonian Exile
Reply to Oded Tammuz, »The Sabbath as the Seventh Day of the Week and a Day of Rest: Since When?,« ZAW 131 (2019) 287–294
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21408360 |
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| Authors | Yigal Bloch (0000-0002-7538-8973, Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem Shmuel Stephan Wise St 21, IL-Jerusalem 9104601 Jerusalem Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-120 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-2526 • E-ISSN: 1613-0103 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/zaw-2020-0001 |
| OpenAlex | W3008090517 |
| Language | EN |
The present note relates to a study by Oded Tammuz on concluding transactions on a Sabbath in Elephantine, Āl-Yāḫūdu and Bīt-Našar. The note points out that ignoring the Egyptian dates of the Elephantine papyri impairs Tammuz’s discussion, and calls into question his distinction between the alleged Judean-majority population of Āl-Yāḫūdu and Judean-minority population of Bīt-Našar. Also, the Julian dates of some tablets were miscalculated by Tammuz; the correct date of one Āl-Yāḫūdu tablet from Nabonidus’ reign falls on a Sabbath
Ancient history · Political science · Population · Reign · Sociology · Theology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Demography · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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