| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 189 pages ): illustrations (some color |
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Archaeopress ancient Near Eastern archaeology ; 6 |
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Archaeopress archaeology |
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Archaeopress ancient Near Eastern archaeology ; 6.
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Archaeopress archaeology.
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION ; Introduction and Editor's Time Constrained Thoughts -- JoAnn Scurlock ; The Middle West Branch of the American Oriental Society at 100 -- Wayne Pitard ; TIME AS A CONCEPT ; From Beyond Time and Space: Master Zhuang's Cosmogony and Modern Physics -- Amelia Ying Qin ; MEASURING TIME ; A 360-Day Administrative Year in Ancient Israel: Judahite Desk Calendars and the Flood Account - Jonathan Ben-Dov ; The Gifts of Mihragān: Muslim Governors and Gift Giving During Non- Muslim Holidays -- Robert Haug ; Feasting in the Garden of God: Ramat Rahel and the Origins of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- JoAnn Scurlock ; TRAVELS THROUGH TIME ; Time, Travel and the Homesick Hero -- Louise Pryke ; The Older the Better: The Critical Conception of Lateness in Song China -- Xiaoshan Yang ; The Evolution of Terracottas from the First to the Second Half of the II Millennium B.C. -- Laura Battini ; What Difference Does Time Make? The Deuteronomic Portrayal of the Wilderness Period -- Jeffrey Stackert ; Through a Glass, Darkly? Sea-Water, Bequests, and the Textualism-Tradition Tension in Islamic Law -- Suheil Laher ; WRINKLES IN TIME Converging Lines of Evidence: Archaeological and Chronological Data Supporting a 792 B.C. Date for the Iron IIA-IIB Transition in the Southern Levant -- Jeffrey Hudon ; The Hyksos and the Exodus: Two 400-Year Stories -- Peter Feinman ; Chinese Sovereign Revolution: Temporal Acceleration Toward A Better Future -- Maria Adele Carrai ; Nippur's Galileo Problem -- JoAnn Scurlock |
| Summary |
"Proceedings of a conference held at St. Mary's University in Notre Dame, Indiana (2017), this volume presents a wide-ranging exploration of Time as experienced and contemplated. Included are offerings on ancient Mesopotamian archaeology, literature and religion, Biblical texts and archaeology, Chinese literature and philosophy, and Islamic law."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Time -- Congresses
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History -- Philosophy -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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History -- Philosophy
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Time
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scurlock, Jo Ann, 1953- editor.
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Beal, Richard Henry, 1953- editor.
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American Oriental Society. Middle West Branch.
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| ISBN |
9781789693188 |
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1789693187 |
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