Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire

Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted with each new monarch. Instead, progressively numbered years, identical to the system we use today, became the measure of historical duration. Paul Kosmin shows how this invention of a new kind of time¿and resistance to it¿transformed the way we organize our thoughts about the past, present, and future.

About the author

Paul J. Kosmin is Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History at Harvard University and the award-winning author of The Land of the Elephant Kings and Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire.

Summary

Under Seleucid rule, time no longer restarted with each new monarch. Instead, progressively numbered years, identical to the system we use today, became the measure of historical duration. Paul Kosmin shows how this invention of a new kind of time—and resistance to it—transformed the way we organize our thoughts about the past, present, and future.

Product details

• Authors: Paul J. Kosmin, Kosmin Paul J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780674271227
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27122-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SCIENCE / Time, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards