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...
| Основен автор: | Cohn, Norman, 1915-2007, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2001.
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| Издание: | Second edition. |
| Серия: |
Yale Nota bene.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=448254 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come. |
Съдържание:
- 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.