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Kalandologion
A ''kalandologion'' (Greek καλανδολόγιον, 'almanac';Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles''Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (From B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100)''(Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900), p. 621. plural ''kalandologia'') is a type of omen text that purports to predict the effects of the beginning of the year falling on a certain day of the week or in a certain sign of the zodiac. Jonas C. Greenfield and Michael Sokoloff, "Astrological and Related Omen Texts in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic", ''Journal of Near Eastern Studies'' 48, 3 (1989): 212. The predictions are meteorological, agricultural, epidemiological, social and political. E. Ann Matter, "The ''Revelatio Esdrae'' in Latin and English Traditions", ''Revue bénédictine'' 92 (1982): 376–392. ''Kalandologia'' are found in Greek, Syriac, Mandaic, Ethiopic, Latin, Coptic and Arabic. Before the end of the Middle Ages versions had appeared in many western vernaculars. The origins of the genre are uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revelatio Esdrae
The ''Revelation of Ezra'' (''Revelatio Esdrae'') is a short Latin ''kalandologion'', a type of almanac that gives meteorological, agricultural, economic and other predictions for any given year based on the day of the week on which it begins. It treats the kalends (first day) of January as the beginning of the year. The ''Revelation'' was composed in Latin by an anonymous author in Western Europe or North Africa no later than the ninth century and possibly much earlier. It is preserved in three manuscripts of the ninth, twelfth and fifteenth centuries. It consists of an introductory sentence followed by seven paragraphs corresponding to the days of the week. It purports to be a "revelation which was made to Ezra and the children of Israel". The use of the phrase "Lord's Day" marks its real author as at least a nominal Christian, but there is no attempt in the text to provide a theological justification for its fatalism. David Fiensy sees the pseudonym "Ezra" as chosen because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |