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 certa...

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Main Author: Landau, David
Other Authors: Universität Leipzig , Philologische Fakultät
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Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2014
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spelling ndltd-DRESDEN-oai-qucosa.de-bsz-15-qucosa-1463122017-05-11T03:30:53Z The jubilees calendar in practice Landau, David Onomastik Etymologie Onomastics ddc:410 ddc:412 Namenkunde Name Monatsname 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. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig Universität Leipzig , Philologische Fakultät Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. , Universität Leipzig , Philologische Fakultät Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V. , 2014-08-20 doc-type:article application/pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-146312 urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-146312 issn:0943-0849 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/14631/NI%2098_2010_Landau.pdf Namenkundliche Informationen; 98(2010), S. 157-167 eng
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The jubilees calendar in practice
description 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.
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