ENGLISH

The Apocalypse: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)

By Martha Himmelfarb

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2010
ISBN
9781405113472, 1405113472
LCC
BL501 .H55 2010
Open Library ID
OL23654798M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
997 kB (1020530 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Pages
190\190
Topic
Religion
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

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

Similar books