The Lunar Crescent and the Islamic Calendar
Streaming video - 2017
Delve into the surprisingly tricky problem of deciding when a lunar month begins - usually determined by the first sighting of a crescent Moon after new Moon. Professor Schaefer describes his algorithm for calculating this event and then applies it to dating the crucifixion of Jesus.
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses
2017.
2018. - Language
- English
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- A Kanopy streaming video
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- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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- 00:28:59
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).