CHRONOI: Zeit, Zeitempfinden, Zeitordnungen Time, Time Awareness, Time Management
Apocalyptic narratives construct histories of the future which pertain either to this-worldly political events or otherworldly post-mortem conditions. While visions of the afterlife generally describe a world in atemporal stagnation, political prophecies anticipate prospective events that are structured by chronological progression, temporal anomalies, and typological design. Despite the wide range of prospective outlooks, Byzantine apocalypses convey a coherent vision of temporal processes and qualities in anticipation of the Last Judgment. This book examines the notion of eschatological time as portrayed in Medieval Greek apocalyptic texts from the Byzantine millennium (c. 500 to 1500 CE). It is divided into three parts and explores the interrelated aspects of eschatological chronology, velocity, and typology. Methodologically, Byzantine apocalypses are read not merely as historical sources but as literary artefacts that employ specific compositional techniques (narratological, phenomenological, typological) in order to construct a variegated yet coherent meta-history of the end times.
eBook published on:May 4, 2026eBook ISBN:9783112230114Paperback published on:May 4, 2026Paperback ISBN:9783112230107Front matter:7Main content:93Illustrations:1Tables:4This book is available as open access publication via www.degruyterbrill.com.
ISSN 2701-1453
ISBN 978-3-11-223010-7
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112230114
Library of Congress Control Number: 2026932003
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Frontmatter
IContents
VProlegomena
11 Chronology
72 Velocity
213 Typology
384 Conclusion
63Bibliography
Index nominum et rerum
Index manuscriptorum
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