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Apocalypses in Context : Apocalyptic Currents through History /
Apocalyptic scenarios remain prevalent and powerful in popular culture (in television, film, comic books, and popular fiction), in politics (in debates on climate change, environmentalism, Middle East policy, and military planning), and in various religious traditions. Academic interest in apocalypt...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword
- part I. Apocalypticism in the ancient world
- 1. Introduction--from before the Bible to beyond the Bible : apocalypses throughout history / Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler and Kelly J. Murphy
- 2. The first apocalypse (Daniel 7-12) : a story told backwards / Christopher B. Hays
- 3. "Proto-apocalyptic" constellations in the Bible and the ancient Near East : revelation, interpretation, combat, and judgment / Christopher B. Hays
- 4. Apocalyptic literature beyond the biblical canons : fallen angels, divine journeys, and the meaning of life / Jackie Wyse-Rhodes
- 5. Apocalyptic movements in early Judaism : dissonance and resistance / Robert Williamson Jr. and Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler
- 6. Apocalyptic currents in early Christianity : one-trick ponies? / Greg Carey
- 7. Paul--the apocalyptic apostle / Joshua W. Jipp
- 8. The beast or the lamb in the Apocalypse to John : will the real emperor please stand up? / Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler
- part II. Apocalypticism throughout the ages
- 9. The transformation of the apocalyptic heritage in late antique Christianity / Karl Shuve
- 10. The decline of Second Temple Jewish apocalypticism and the rise of Rabbinic Judaism / Shayna Sheinfeld
- 11. The end of the world... again? : apocalypticism in medieval Christianity / Travis Ables
- 12. Apocalypse in Islam
- Mohamed Mosaad Abdelaziz Mohamed
- 13. What kind of world is possible? : Biblical apocalyptic literature and visual art / Brennan Breed
- part III. Apocalypticism in the contemporary world
- 14. The last metamorphosis of labor : work, technology, and the end of the world / Michael J. Thate
- 15. What does modernity have to do with the New Jerusalem? : Apocalypticism and modern European philosophy / Thomas Fabisiak
- 16. Revelatory film : apocalyptic themes in film and cinematic apocalypses / Matthew S. Rindge
- 17. The planet's apocalypse : the rhetoric of climate change / Ingrid Esther Lilly
- 18. Post-bankruptcy Detroit as apocalyptic sign of the times / James W. Perkinson
- 19. Apocalyptic America : buying the end time / Robert von Thaden Jr.
- 20. Space brothers and Mayan calendars : making sense of "doomsday cults" / Joseph P. Laycock
- 21. The end is (still) all around : the zombie and contemporary apocalyptic thought / Kelly J. Murphy.