| Dating the Passion: The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200-1600) Contributor(s): Nothaft, C. Philipp E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004212191 ISBN-13: 9789004212190 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $183.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Science | Time - Science | History |
| Dewey: 529 |
| LCCN: 2011029856 |
| Series: Time, Astronomy, and Calendars |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.63 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The beginnings of scientific chronology are usually associated with the work of the great Renaissance philologist Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609), but this perspective is challenged by the existence of a vivid pre-modern computistical tradition, in which technical chronological questions, especially regarding the life of Jesus, played an essential role. Christian scholars such as Roger Bacon made innovative breakthroughs in the field of historical dating by applying astronomical calculations, critical exegesis, and the study of the Jewish calendar to chronological problems. Drawing on a wide selection of sources that range from late antiquity to 1600, this book uses the history of the date of Christ's Passion to shed new light on the medieval contribution to science and scholarship. |