Vessels and Measures: The Biblical Liquid Capacity System
This paper criticises recent studies concerning the bath and other biblical liquid capacity measures, which call for their 'deconstruction'. Fundamental issues of metrology are addressed: Were there exact measures in antiquity? How was capacity measured? Were Imlk jars 'measured'...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Israel exploration journal 2014-01, Vol.64 (1), p.22-37 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper criticises recent studies concerning the bath and other biblical liquid capacity measures, which call for their 'deconstruction'. Fundamental issues of metrology are addressed: Were there exact measures in antiquity? How was capacity measured? Were Imlk jars 'measured'? What are the differences between dry and liquid, 'approximate' and ' exact' measures? Why are measures 'just' or 'honest'? Did temples employ completely different measures from those of the society as a whole? What is the relation between 'measures' and 'vessels'? |
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| ISSN: | 0021-2059 |