TY - BOOK AU - Himmelfarb,Martha TI - The Apocalypse: A Brief History T2 - New York Academy of Sciences Series SN - 9781444318227 AV - BL501 .H55 2010 PY - 2009/// CY - Newark PB - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated KW - Apocalyptic literature-History and criticism KW - Literature-History and criticism KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7104607 ER -