Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog : Interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts /

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Gog and Magog, as archetypes of evil, have dwelt in our consciousness since their threatening appearance in the Bible and Quran. Maps, literature and texts ranging from Medieval Europe, the Byzantine and Arab world, in Berber, Persian and Indonesian traditions, to contemporary internet texts: all us...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Seyed-Gohrab, Asghar (Autor), Doufikar-Aerts, Faustina (Autor), McGlinn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Aerts, W. J. (Contribuidor), Doufikar-Aerts, F. C. W. (Contribuidor), Gerritsen, W. P. (Contribuidor), Haar, J. G. J. ter (Contribuidor), Jaber, A. (Contribuidor), Kruk, R. (Contribuidor), Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Contribuidor), Stroomer, H. J. (Contribuidor), Wieringa, E. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2011]
Colección:Iranian Studies Series
Temas:
Apocalyptic literature.
End of the world (Islam)
End of the world > Biblical teaching.
Eschatology.
Gog en Magog > gtt.
Good and evil in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Asian Studies.
European history: medieval period, middle ages.
LIT.
Literature: history and criticism.
Littérature apocalyptique.
Fin du monde (Islam)
Fin du monde > Enseignement biblique.
Altérité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
Apocalyptic literature
End of the world > Biblical teaching
Eschatology
Good and evil in literature
Other (Philosophy) in literature
Literary Criticism, Culture Studies, Gog and Magog.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • In Europe
  • Gog and Magog in Medieval and Early Modern Western Tradition
  • Gog, Magog, Dogheads and other monsters in the Byzantine World
  • In the Arab world
  • Dogfaces, Snake-tongues, and the Wall against Gog and Magog
  • Gog and Magog in Modern Garb
  • Is my firewall secure? Gog and Magog on the Internet
  • In the Berber tradition
  • A note on Gog and Magog in Tashelhiyt Berber of South Morocc
  • In the Persian tradition
  • Unfathomable Evil: the Presentation of Gog and Magog in Persian Literature
  • Gog and Magog in Contemporary Shiite Quran-commentaries
  • In Javanese tradition
  • Juja-Makjuja as the Antichrist in a Javanese End-of-Time Narrative
  • Contributors

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