Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith
The author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium takes readers on a journey of exploration, through the world-views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, through the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, to the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven and earth, to...
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The author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium takes readers on a journey of exploration, through the world-views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, through the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, to the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven and earth, to illuminate a major turning point in the history of human consciousness: when the forces of good would finally be victorious over the forces of evil.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780300055986 (0300055986)
Publish date: December 29th 1993
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English