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Title

Time and temporality in the ancient world / edited by Ralph M. Rosen.

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• Rosen, Ralph Mark.
• University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Description

216 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Subject

• Time perception > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Time > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Chronology, Historical > Congresses

Note

• "The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 2002"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface, Ancient time across time / Ralph M. Rosen -- Temporality and the study of prehistory / John C. Barrett -- Shaping life in the late prehistoric and Romano-British periods / Chris Gosden -- Scholarly conceptions and quantifications of time in Assyria and Babylonia, c. 750-250 BCE / Eleanor Robson -- Concepts of time in classical India / Ludo Rocher -- Cyclical and teleological time in the Hebrew Bible / Marc Brettler -- Temporality and the fabric of space-time in early Chinese thought / David W. Pankenier -- Topographies of time in Hesiod / Alex Purves -- Greek chronographic traditions about the first Olympic Games / Astrid Möller -- Pagan and Christian notions of the week in the 4th century CE Western Roman empire / Michele Renee Salzman.

Call Number

JFD 06-1265

ISBN

1931707677 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

2004302072

OCLC

54962516

Title

Time and temporality in the ancient world / edited by Ralph M. Rosen.

Imprint

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Rosen, Ralph Mark.

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Research Call Number

JFD 06-1265