Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come : the ancient roots of apocalyptic faith /
"In this book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium investigates the origins of apocalyptic faith - the belief in a perfect future, when the forces of good are victorious over the forces of evil. Norman Cohn takes us back two thousand years to the world views of ancient...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2001.
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Edición: | Second edition. |
Colección: | Yale Nota bene.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The ancient Near East and beyond. Egyptians ; Mesopotamians ; Vedic Indians ; Zorastrians ; From combat myth to apocalyptic faith
- Syro-Palestinian crucible. Ugarit ; Yahweh and the Jerusalem monarchy ; Exile and after ; Jewish apocalpses (I) ; Jewish apocalpses (II) ; The Jesus sect ; The book of Revelation ; Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians.