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The Apocalypse: A Brief History
Martha Himmelfarb
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Description for The Apocalypse: A Brief History
Paperback. 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. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405113472
SKU
V9781405113472
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About Martha Himmelfarb
Martha Himmelfarb is the William H. Danforth Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Her work has focused on Judaism of the Second Temple period and apocalyptic literature in particular. She is the author of Tours of Hell: An Apocalyptic Form in Jewish and Christian Literature (1985), Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses (1993), and A Kingdom of Priests: ... Read more
Reviews for The Apocalypse: A Brief History
"This is certainly a valuable addition. We look forward to those which are yet to come." (Theological Book Review, 2010)