The apocalypse

Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-

The apocalypse a brief history / [electronic resource] : Martha Himmelfarb. - Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - x, 178 p. ; 23 cm. - Blackwell brief histories of religion series. . - Blackwell brief histories of religion. .

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.


Available electronically via the Internet.

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Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

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