The apocalypse: a brief history
Martha Himmelfarb
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Title and Author
The apocalypse: a brief history / Martha HimmelfarbPublication Details
چیچستر : Wiley-Blackwell، 2010مPhysical Description
x, 178 p.; 23 cm.Subject
Apocalyptic literature History and criticismseries
(Blackwell brief histories of religion series؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Revelation in the age of the Torah -- The book of the watchers and ascent to heaven -- The book of Daniel and the kingdom of the holy ones -- The heavenly Messiah -- The heavenly temple, the fate of souls after death, and cosmology -- Tours of paradise and hell and the Hekhalot texts -- Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire -- Apocalyptic movements in the modern era