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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohn, Norman, 1915-2007 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2001.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Yale Nota bene.
Subjects:
Creation > Comparative studies.
Cosmology > Comparative studies.
Eschatology > Comparative studies.
Création > Études comparatives.
Cosmologie > Études comparatives.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Future Studies.
Cosmology.
Creation.
Eschatology.
Eschatologie.
Oorsprong.
Comparative studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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