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The Apocalypse: A Brief History
Contributor(s): Himmelfarb, Martha (Author)

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 ISBN: 1405113464     ISBN-13: 9781405113465
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE: $108.54  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology
- Religion | History
Dewey: 220.046
LCCN: 2009030164
Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" L (0.79 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest.
  • An accessible and enlightening history of the apocalypses--ancient Jewish and Christian works -- providing fresh insights into the fascinating genre of literature
  • Shows how the apocalypses were concerned not only with popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world, but with reward and punishment after death, the heavenly temple, and the revelation of astronomical phenomena and other secrets of nature
  • Traces the tradition of apocalyptic writing through the Middle Ages, through to the modern era, when social movements still prophesise the world's imminent demise
 
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