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"The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient, ... the Jews and earliest Christians, ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions, and reforms."--Publisher description. | "The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient, ... the Jews and earliest Christians, ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions, and reforms."--Publisher description. | ||
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Published in [[Cambridge, MA]]: [[Harvard University Press]], 1999. | Published in [[Cambridge, MA]]: [[Harvard University Press]], 1999. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 30 May 2016
The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature is a book by Eugen Weber.
Abstract
"The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from "the ancients of the West and the Orient, ... the Jews and earliest Christians, ... Asia, Africa, and South America," and shows how these "beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions, and reforms."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Table of contents
Chronologies and Fins de Siecle -- Apocalypses and Millenarianisms -- In Dark and Bloody Times -- Revivalists and Antichrists -- Apocalypse and Science -- Enlightenment? -- Apocalypse in Worldly Times -- Pursuits of the Millennium -- Time's Noblest Offspring -- The Twentieth Century.
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- English language--1990s
- Second Temple Studies--1990s
- Second Temple Studies--English
- Apocalyptic Studies--1990s
- Apocalyptic Studies--English
- Early Christian Studies--1990s
- Early Christian Studies--English
- Early Jewish Studies--1990s
- Early Jewish Studies--English
- Apocalypticism (subject)
- Top 1990s
- Second Temple Studies--Top 1990s
- Apocalyptic Studies--Top 1990s