Sunday, December 20, 2015

Reviewlet of Jacobus, Zodiac Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Reception

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE: Secret knowledge of Dead Sea Zodiacs (Simon Rocker).
Zodiac Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Reception
Helen Jacobus
Brill, $234
Concluding counterfactual-history tidbit:
Who knows, if history had turned out differently, our synagogues, as they once did, might still be displaying zodiacs.
The book was noted here and here. Related posts are here and here.