Abstract

This article aims at presenting the current state of scholarship on the calendars and feasts in the Pentateuch. It first reviews a series of recent studies on these topics. They point to the fact of increasing interest in this matter as well as present the important results for any further study. It then draws up a list of the issues related to these topics. This second part of the article focuses first on the problems related to these texts within the Pentateuch: the intricate relationship between five calendars, feasts celebrated but not found in the calendars, the practicality of certain dispositions, and the presence of an eventual central feast. Consequently, it expands by looking at (possible) connections with Ezekiel, Ancient Near East, and texts such as the "Temple Scroll and Jubilees".