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VIIIENGLISH ABSTRACTS claimed that previously, Jews counted their time according to the calendars of the empires ( Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Seleucid ) with no particular Jewish reckoning . The calendar became part of the discourse of identity as a reaction to the prominent theme of the calendar in Greek ethnological literature from Herodotus onwards . It is shown how a similar ideological move took place in Ptolemaic Egypt, in the famous Decree of Canopus discussed here in some detail ) . The 364 - day calendar tradition should ( thus be conceived as part of the construction of Jewish identity under the Hellenistic cultural crisis, with the Book of Jubilees playing a significant part in this endeavor . The Authority of Early Hebrew Scripture Scrolls Emanuel Tov This paper discusses the authoritative status of ancient Scripture scrolls and other sources . Were they all authoritative, if we take into consideration the fact that they differed from one another ? And if all or some of...  אל הספר