{"product_id":"the-apocalypse-a-brief-history-paperback-softback-9781405113472","title":"The Apocalypse; A Brief History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405113472","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Apocalypse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Brief History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The author is an expert guide who both clears away the brushwood that can obscure our vision and also identifies and outlines the really important milestones. Written in an accessible style and uncluttered by detail, thisan excellent example of a scholar making available to a wide audience the fruits of her considerable academic labours in a field that has significant contemporary relevance.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Newport\u003c\/b\u003e, Liverpool Hope University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartha Himmelfarb (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405113472, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is certainly a valuable addition.  We look forward to those which are yet to come.\" (\u003ci\u003eTheological Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible and enlightening history of the \"apocalypses\"--ancient Jewish and Christian works -- providing fresh insights into the fascinating genre of literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the apocalypses were concerned not only with popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world, but with reward and punishment after death, the heavenly temple, and the revelation of astronomical phenomena and other secrets of nature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the tradition of apocalyptic writing through the Middle Ages, through to the modern era, when social movements still prophesise the world’s imminent demise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments  \u003cp\u003eChronology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Revelation in the Age of the Torah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Book of the Watchers \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e and Ascent to Heaven\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Book of Daniel and the Kingdom of the Holy Ones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Heavenly Messiah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Heavenly Temple, the Fate of Souls after Death, and Cosmology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Tours of Paradise and Hell and the Hekhalot Texts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Apocalyptic Movements in the Modern Era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52515861561624,"sku":"9781405113472","price":25.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405113472.jpg?v=1786669790","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-apocalypse-a-brief-history-paperback-softback-9781405113472","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}