The Christian invention of time : temporality and the literature of late antiquity / Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldhill, Simon, author.

Series:

Greek culture in the Roman world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonnus, of Panopolis--Criticism and interpretation.

Nonnus.

Time--History--To 1500.

Time.

Time--Philosophy--History.

Time--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

History--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

History.

Time--Social aspects--History--To 1500.

Classical literature--Themes, motives.

Classical literature.

Christianity and culture--Rome.

Christianity and culture.

Civilization, Classical.

Time in literature.

Time perception.

Time--Philosophy.

Time--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Time--Social aspects.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 500 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Time is inextricably connected to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such transformation - under Christianity's influence - happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, patristics and early Christianity alike."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I

1. God's Time

2. The Time of Death

3. Telling Time

4. Waiting

5. Time and Time Again

6. Making Time Visible

7. At the Same Time

8. Timelessness and the Now

9. Life-times

10. The Rape of Time

PART II

11. Beginning, Again: Nonnus' Paraphrase of the Gospel of John

12. The Eternal Return: Nonnus' Dionysiaca

13. Regulation Time: Gregory's Christmas Day

14. Day to Day

15. `We Are the Times': Making History Christian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Goldhill, Simon. Christian invention of time

ISBN:

9781316512906

1316512908

OCLC:

1259292880