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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2022
      February 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009071260
      9781316512906
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071260
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.85kg, 516 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature, Religion, Church History
      Series:
      Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature, Religion, Church History
    Series:
    Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Time is integral 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 life-changing 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, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.

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    ‘Though the essays can be read and appreciated separately, Goodhill has done an excellent job of choosing the essay topics: readers gain a solid appreciation for the Christian influence on the narratives of late antiquity and their significance for the development of concepts of time. … Highly recommended.’

    E. Kincanon Source: Choice

    ‘… Goldhill has a huge amount to teach us about the Christianization of literary genres, especially with reference to time in (generally) the fourth and fifth centuries AD … No review of reasonable length can do justice to the richness of Goldhill’s project or its importance.’

    John Rist Source: Augustiniana

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