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The apocalypse : a brief history / Martha Himmelfarb.

By: Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-.
Series: Blackwell brief histories of religion series: Publisher: Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010Description: x, 178 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781405113465 (hbk.); 9781405113472 (pbk.).Subject(s): Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticismDDC classification: 220.046
Contents:
Revelation in the age of the Torah -- The book of the watchers and ascent to heaven -- The book of Daniel and the kingdom of the holy ones -- The heavenly Messiah -- The heavenly temple, the fate of souls after death, and cosmology -- Tours of paradise and hell and the Hekhalot texts -- Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire -- Apocalyptic movements in the modern era.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revelation in the age of the Torah -- The book of the watchers and ascent to heaven -- The book of Daniel and the kingdom of the holy ones -- The heavenly Messiah -- The heavenly temple, the fate of souls after death, and cosmology -- Tours of paradise and hell and the Hekhalot texts -- Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire -- Apocalyptic movements in the modern era.

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