Author: Sir Francis Adams Hyett
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chicago Public Library
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 652
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Simon Goldhill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-02-03
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 1009080830
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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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Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 0857860976
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave