Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come
Cohn, Norman
Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith. [electronic resource]: - 2nd ed. - New Haven : Yale University Press Aug. 2001. - 256 p. 07.750 x 05.000 in.
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Annotation "In this book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium investigates the origins of apocalyptic faith - the belief in a perfect future, when the forces of good are victorious over the forces of evil. Norman Cohn takes us back two thousand years to the world views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, and the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on earth, and he illuminates a major turning point in the history of human consciousness. For this second edition, the final chapter on Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians has been wholly rewritten and extended."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Civilization, Ancient. Christianity History Religion
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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith. [electronic resource]: - 2nd ed. - New Haven : Yale University Press Aug. 2001. - 256 p. 07.750 x 05.000 in.
Available for distribution in: USA, UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA.
Annotation "In this book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium investigates the origins of apocalyptic faith - the belief in a perfect future, when the forces of good are victorious over the forces of evil. Norman Cohn takes us back two thousand years to the world views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, and the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on earth, and he illuminates a major turning point in the history of human consciousness. For this second edition, the final chapter on Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians has been wholly rewritten and extended."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Scholarly & Professional Yale University Press.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9780300090888 0300090889 (Trade Paper)
9780300090888
Civilization, Ancient. Christianity History Religion
291.23