Simon Goldhill: The Christian Invention of Time. Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity (reviewed by Matthew W. Knotts)


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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
351-365
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
The Christian Invention of Time
Subtitle
Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity
Year of publication
2022
Place of publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Greek Culture in the Roman World
Number of pages
XVI, 500
ISBN
978-1-00-907126-0
Subject classification
Classical Philology
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD, Middle Ages
Regional classification
Roman Empire
Subject heading
Christentum
Philosophie
Zeit
Erfindung
Zeitbewusstsein
Zeitwahrnehmung
Frühchristentum
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2024/r-goldhill.pdf
recensio-Date
Jul 30, 2025
recensio-ID
056abe58731c4c8da549838f4ce950b2

Knotts, Matthew W.: review of: Simon Goldhill, The Christian Invention of Time. Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 26 (2024), p. 351-365, downloaded from Website

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/26-2024/the-christian-invention-of-time
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2024/r-goldhill.pdf

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