Constantine 395–402, 424
Cyprus 191, 193, 271–3, 278– 83
Damascus Document 369, 373
Dead Sea Scrolls,seeQumran
decads 44
Demetrius of Alexandria 326 n.
Depuydt, L. 150– 3
Diodorus Siculus 52, 126
dissidence 299–303, 311–3, 329, 337, 341,
351 – 3
Dura-Europos 292– 3
Durkheim, E. 372– 3
Easter:
cycles 296–7, 326–30, 388–95;see also
Alexandrian cycle;supputatio romana
limits 393–4, 405– 6
and Passover 381–3, 388–9, 392–3, 400–2,
409 – 10, 412–15, 418, 422 n.
Ebers calendar 133–5, 147– 9
Edgar, C. 155
Egyptian calendars 125–66, 188–93, 200–4,
211 – 12
Alexandrian 263– 9
civil 128– 42
lunar 142– 61
Ptolemaic 129, 137–43, 151–9, 191–3,
201 – 4, 244–6, 284
Sothic 133–7;see alsoSothis
Elamite calendar 170– 4
Elephantine 86 n., 93, 97, 110, 120–1, 186
Enoch 194–5, 198, 201, 287, 367
epact 328
Ephesus, Council of 420
Epiphanius 260 n., 271, 401 n., 414–6, 422 n.
equinoxes and solstices 39, 54–5, 58–9,
117 – 18, 176–81, 194, 255, 287–8, 292,
296 – 7, 306– 7
rule of the equinox 333, 393, 401– 2
Etruscan calendar 313– 4
Eusebius 383–6, 390–1, 397– 400
evolutionism 16– 18
fasti7, 205, 210, 225, 311, 319
functionalism 18–19, 163–5, 168– 9
Gadara 343
Galen 55, 293, 346
Gallic calendar 303– 13
Gaza 251, 289– 90
Geminus 26–8, 56– 7
Germanic calendar 8–9, 425 n.
Goody, J. 1, 17– 18
Greek calendars 25– 70
archontic 25–6, 29–31, 51– 3
astronomical 49– 59
and chronology 54– 6
cycles (Metonic, Callippic) 39–44, 50–3,
56 – 7
day count 44– 6
intercalation and suppression 31, 38–44,
64 – 7
irregularity 32– 5
kata theon 59 – 62, 69
lunar 26–9, 300–2;see alsoGreek
calendars: astronomical; cycles;kata
theon
prytanic 47– 9
Gregorian calendar 2–3, 15, 125–7, 150 n.,
375HabakkukPesher 370 – 1
hamuštum 6
Heliopolis 251, 285– 8
Hemerologia 260 – 2
Herodotus 54–5, 126
heresy 355–8, 387, 412– 22
Hippolytus 326–9, 387– 8
hybridity 233–4, 302–3, 311, 329–30, 337,
339 – 41
Huber, P. 84– 7Idumaea 93, 155, 244– 5
Illahun 131–2, 145–6, 160
Indian calendars 188– 9
Irenaeus 383– 7
Italian calendars 225;see alsoEtruscan
calendarJaubert, A. 197
Jewish calendars 252–5, 331– 53
360-day year 194–5, 198– 200
364-day calendar 193–204, 360–8;see also
Qumran
ancient Israel 197, 332, 341, 359– 60
Diaspora 336– 41
Judaea 341– 3
lunar 331–6, 362, 365– 6
new month meals 344– 5
and Palestinian city councils 343– 6
rabbinic 334–5, 342–4, 347– 52
John Chrysostom 413– 4
Jones, A. 156
Josephus 55 n., 256, 376– 7
Jubilees 195, 369, 371, 375– 7
Judaean,seeJewish
Julian calendar 204–5, 211– 27
leap years 214–16, 264– 9
in the Roman Empire 225–7, 259–94,
312
Julius Caesar 206 n., 211–12, 216– 25456 Index