András Kraft
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, 2026
eBook ISBN:
9783112230114
Paperback published on:
May 4, 2026
Paperback ISBN:
9783112230107
Front matter:
7
Main content:
93
Illustrations:
1
Tables:
4
This book is available as open access publication via www.degruyterbrill.com.
ISSN 2701-1453
ISBN 978-3-11-223010-7
e-ISBN 978-3-11-223011-4 (PDF)
e-ISBN 978-3-11-223012-1 (EPUB)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112230114
Library of Congress Control Number: 2026932003
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