Ancient Jewish mathematical astronomy (Q1099144)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4039826
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4039826 |
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Ancient Jewish mathematical astronomy (English)
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1988
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The role of rabbinial sages in keeping Babylonian theories for predicting the visibility of lunar crescent intact has been elucidated. The texts of Maimonides and Shemuel, as well as Talmud, serve as the starting points. The connections of Shemuel's work to Babylonian and Indian astronomy are discussed.
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Hebrew lunar theory
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Talmud
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Indian astronomy
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