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2026
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| Accesso online: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18958952 |
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- <p dir="ltr">This paper proposes a shift in the understanding of ancient Hebrew / Jewish calendrical systems by analyzing the text through the lens of ancient mathematics. We argue that the priesthood functioned as mathematical "day counters" rather than observational astronomers. Driven by a theological aversion to intercalation—believed to disrupt the divine order and confuse "Holy Days" with "Profane Days"—the priesthood engineered fixed numerical "yardsticks" to measure solar time independently.</p> <p dir="ltr">We first demonstrate how a 354-day yardstick was applied in the Leviticus 25 Jubilee text to encode a non-intercalated sequence of 49.5 schematic lunar years. By calculating 49.5 schematic lunar years plus 9 elapsed days, the calendar generated a closed 17,532-day macro-cycle. This sequence resolves into exactly 48 proto-Julian years of 365.25 days. However, as this model experienced a gradual drift, the priesthood eventually transitioned to a much more accurate 364-day calendar. By shifting to this new yardstick, later sectarians achieved solar synchronization over a 294-year cycle, yielding an average year length of 365.24232 days. It is very clear that the overall aligning of these calendars was not to the annual festivals, but aligned solely to the solar cycle of the tropical year.</p> <p> </p>