Time and Temporality in the Ancient World

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Ralph M. Rosen Klappentext Time in antiquity, juxtaposing cultures and societies, yields remarkable intersections with temporality. Zusammenfassung Explores the diverse concepts of time in antiquity across cultures, from cyclical to teleological perspectives. Scholars delve into prehistory, Roman Britain, Assyria, Babylonia, classical India, the Hebrew Bible, China, Greece, and the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Ancient time across time 1. Temporality and the study of prehistory 2. Shaping life in the late prehistoric and Romano-British periods 3. Scholarly conceptions and quantifications of time in Assyria and Babylonia, c. 750-250 BCE 4. Concepts of time in classical India 5. Cyclical and teleological time in the Hebrew bible 6. Temporality and the fabric of space-time in early Chinese thought 7. Topographies of time in Hesiod 8. Greek chronographic traditions about the first Olympic Games 9. Pagan and Christian notions of the week in the 4th century CE western Roman Empire Contributors Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ralph M. Rosen, Rosen Ralph M.
• Con la collaborazione di: Ralph M. Rosen (Editore)
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.04.2004
• EAN: 9781931707671
• ISBN: 978-1-931707-67-1
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Anthropology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE