The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 2002, "Time and Temporality in the Ancient World," which I organized in my capacity that year as Director of the Center for Ancient Studies. This turned out to be a truly interdisciplinary event, memorable not only for the number and variety of disciplines represented, but also for the sense of a coherent and common enterprise among all participants. It is a pleasure, therefore, to present here a selection of contributions from the conference, which I hope will convey to the reader something of the collaborative spirit that suffused it. (From the preface text)
Author(s): Ralph Mark Rosen
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 112
City: Philadelphia
Time and Temporality in the Ancient World
Contents
Preface
ANCIENT TIME ACROSS TIME (Ralph M. Rosen)
1 TEMPORALITY AND THE STUDY OF PREHISTORY (John C. Barrett)
2 SHAPING LIFE IN THE LATE PREHISTORIC AND ROMANO-BRITISH PERIODS (Chris Gosden)
3 SCHOLARLY CONCEPTIONS AND QUANTIFICATIONS OF TIME IN ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, C. 750—250 BCE (Eleanor Robson)
4 CONCEPTS OF TIME IN CLASSICAL INDIA (Ludo Rocher)
5 CYCLICAL AND TELEOLOGICAL TIME IN THE HEBREW BIBLE (Marc Brettler)
6 TEMPORALITY AND THE FABRIC OF SPACE-TIME IN EARLY CHINESE THOUGHT (David W. Pankenier)
7 TOPOGRAPHIES OF TIME IN HESIOD (Alex Purves)
8 GREEK CHRONOGRAPHIC TRADITIONS ABOUT THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES (Astrid Möller)
9 PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN NOTIONS OF THE WEEK IN THE 4TH CENTURY CE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (Michele Renee Salzman)
Contributors
Index
