The Apocalypse : A Brief History.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (190 pages)
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
Intro -- The Apocalypse -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- 1 Revelation in the Age of the Torah -- 2 The Book of the Watchers and Ascent to Heaven -- 3 The Book of Daniel and the Kingdom of the Holy Ones -- 4 The Heavenly Messiah -- 5 The Heavenly Temple, the Fate of Souls after Death, and Cosmology -- 6 Tours of Paradise and Hell and the Hekhalot Texts -- 7 Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire -- 8 Apocalyptic Movements in the Modern Era -- Further Reading -- Index.
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Apocalyptic literature-History and criticism. Literature-History and criticism.