Time and Temporality in the Ancient World

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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) 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