diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Expressions.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Expressions.java
index 22626866725b..ba1b5ad1cb52 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Expressions.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Expressions.java
@@ -329,6 +329,36 @@ public static <T> Literal<T> lit(T value) {
     return Literals.from(value);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a {@link Literal} from a microsecond value.
+   *
+   * @param micros a timestamp in microseconds from the unix epoch
+   * @return a literal representing the timestamp
+   */
+  public static Literal<Long> micros(long micros) {
+    return new Literals.TimestampLiteral(micros);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a {@link Literal} from a millisecond value.
+   *
+   * @param millis a timestamp in milliseconds from the unix epoch
+   * @return a literal representing the timestamp
+   */
+  public static Literal<Long> millis(long millis) {
+    return new Literals.TimestampLiteral(millis * 1000);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a {@link Literal} from a nanosecond value.
+   *
+   * @param nanos a timestamp in nanoseconds from the unix epoch
+   * @return a literal representing the timestamp
+   */
+  public static Literal<Long> nanos(long nanos) {
+    return new Literals.TimestampNanoLiteral(nanos);
+  }
+
   public static <T> UnboundAggregate<T> count(String name) {
     return new UnboundAggregate<>(Operation.COUNT, ref(name));
   }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Literals.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Literals.java
index ee47035b1e72..55313be391b3 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Literals.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/Literals.java
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ static <T> Literal<T> from(T value) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(value, "Cannot create expression literal from null");
     Preconditions.checkArgument(!NaNUtil.isNaN(value), "Cannot create expression literal from NaN");
 
-    if (value instanceof Boolean) {
+    if (value instanceof Literal) {
+      return (Literal<T>) value;
+    } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
       return (Literal<T>) new Literals.BooleanLiteral((Boolean) value);
     } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
       return (Literal<T>) new Literals.IntegerLiteral((Integer) value);
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionHelpers.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionHelpers.java
index 8bb03c633ab5..2a1fab10a445 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionHelpers.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionHelpers.java
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.transforms.Transforms;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.NestedField;
@@ -57,6 +59,56 @@
 public class TestExpressionHelpers {
   private final UnboundPredicate<?> pred = lessThan("x", 7);
 
+  @Test
+  public void testMillisLiteral() {
+    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    Literal<Long> millis = Expressions.millis(now);
+    assertThat(millis.value()).isEqualTo(now * 1000L);
+    assertThat(millis.to(Types.TimestampNanoType.withZone()).value()).isEqualTo(now * 1_000_000L);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMicrosLiteal() {
+    long ts = 1510842668000000L;
+    Literal<Long> micros = Expressions.micros(ts);
+    assertThat(micros.value()).isEqualTo(ts);
+    assertThat(micros.to(Types.TimestampNanoType.withZone()).value()).isEqualTo(ts * 1000L);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNanosLiteral() {
+    long ts = 1510842668000000001L;
+    Literal<Long> nanos = Expressions.nanos(ts);
+    assertThat(nanos.value()).isEqualTo(ts);
+    assertThat(nanos.to(Types.TimestampType.withoutZone()).value()).isEqualTo(1510842668000000L);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMixedTimestampLiterals() {
+    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    Schema schema = new Schema(NestedField.required(1, "ts", Types.TimestampType.withoutZone()));
+
+    // all 3 timestamp values represent the same time and will be deduplicated
+    Expression expr =
+        Expressions.in(
+            "ts",
+            List.of(
+                Expressions.millis(now),
+                Expressions.micros(now * 1000),
+                Expressions.nanos(now * 1_000_000)));
+
+    Expression bound = Binder.bind(schema.asStruct(), expr);
+
+    // duplicates are replaced with a single value and in is converted to equals
+    assertThat(bound).isInstanceOf(BoundPredicate.class);
+    BoundPredicate<?> predicate = (BoundPredicate<?>) bound;
+    assertThat(predicate.isLiteralPredicate()).isTrue();
+    assertThat(predicate.asLiteralPredicate().op()).isEqualTo(Expression.Operation.EQ);
+    assertThat(predicate.asLiteralPredicate().ref().type())
+        .isEqualTo(Types.TimestampType.withoutZone());
+    assertThat(predicate.asLiteralPredicate().literal().value()).isEqualTo(now * 1000);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSimplifyOr() {
     assertThat(or(alwaysTrue(), pred))