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The jubilees calendar in practice

The names of the months corresponding to December in the Gothic calendar – jiuleis, in the English calendar as described by Bede – Giuli, and in the Old Icelandic semester-reckoning (misseristal) calendar – Ýlir, are cognates. I suggest that this occurrence is not a coincidence. I propose that certain features found in those calendars raise the possibility they are descendants of the Jubilees calendar, as formulated in the pseudepigraphical books of 1 Enoch and Jubilees.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-146312
Date20 August 2014
CreatorsLandau, David
ContributorsUniversität Leipzig , Philologische Fakultät, Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. ,, Universität Leipzig , Philologische Fakultät, Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. ,
PublisherUniversitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:article
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceNamenkundliche Informationen; 98(2010), S. 157-167

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