LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
FORWARD
CHAPTER 1 PRECURSORS TO THE JEWISH CALENDAR
CHAPTER 2 THE OBSERVATIONAL JEWISH CALENDAR
CHAPTER 3 THE CALCULATED JEWISH CALENDAR: MEASUREMENT OF TIME
CHAPTER 4 THE CALCULATED JEWISH CALENDAR: THE MOLAD
CHAPTER 5 POSTPONEMENTS OF ROSH HASHANAH
CHAPTER 6 CALENDRICAL CYCLES
CHAPTER 7 THE NINETEEN-YEAR CYCLE AND PERPETUAL CALENDARS
CHAPTER 8 JEWISH CALENDAR STATISTICS
CHAPTER 9 ERRORS AND REMEDIES
CHAPTER 10 FINDING T’KUFAH NISAN (THE VERNAL EQUINOX)
CHAPTER 11 CREATING JEWISH CALENDARS
FINAL EXAM
APPENDIX A Callippus’ Correction to the Calendar
APPENDIX B Molad Worksheet
APPENDIX C Year-Equivalent Values Within a Cycle
APPENDIX D Number of Accumulated Common and Leap Years by Year Within a Cycle
APPENDIX E Month-Equivalent Values
APPENDIX F Cycle-Equivalent Values
APPENDIX G Nineteen-Year Cycle Structures, Sets 1 Through 7
APPENDIX H Nineteen-Year Cycle Structures, Sets 8 and 9
APPENDIX I 4000-Year Perpetual Jewish Calendar
APPENDIX J 800 - Year Perpetual Gregorian Calendar
APPENDIX K Structure of the Jewish Year by Character
APPENDIX L Some Useful Constants and Formulas
ANSWERS TO SELECTED CHAPTER EXERCISES
ANSWERS TO THE FINAL EXAM
INDEX
Author's Note
Introduction
Chapter 1 - A Brief History of the Jewish and Civil Calendars
Chapter 2 - Jewish Time
Chapter 3 - Rosh Hashanah and its Postponement Rules
Chapter 4 - Calendrical Cycles
Chapter 5 - Nineteen-Year Cycles and Perpetual Calendars
Chapter 6 - Jewish Calendar Statistics
Chapter 7 - Errors and Remedies
Appendices
Chapter Questions
Chapter Answers
Index
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