A history of the end of the world : how the most controversial book in the Bible changed the sourse of Western civilization /

Kirsch, Jonathan, 1949-

A history of the end of the world : how the most controversial book in the Bible changed the sourse of Western civilization / Jonathan Kirsch. - 1st ed. - [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2006. - 340 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

"The text of the book of Revelation": p 257-287. Includes bibliographical references (p.323-330 ) and index.

Something rich and strange -- Spooky knowledge and last things -- History of a delusion -- The Apocalyptic invasion -- "Your own days, few and evil" -- To begin the world over again -- The godless Apocalypse.

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Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Influence.


End of the world--History of doctrines.
History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BS2825.52 / .K57 2006

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