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Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Presents literary criticism on the works of twentieth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, interviews, radio and television transcripts, pamphlets, and scholarly papers.
Series
Publisher
Blackwell
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
vi, 297 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of millenarianism from ancient times to the present day, the relationship between ends as purposes and ends as terminations, and the connections between religious and secular versions of apocalyptic theory
Author
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Aveni traces the sources of American culture's obsession with predicting the apocalypse. He explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop with reference to a broader historical trajectory, and what we can learn from doomsday predictions of the past"--
Publisher
Martino Fine Books
Pub. Date
©2017
Physical Desc
154 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Book of Enoch is the most notable extant apocalyptic work outside the canonical Scriptures. It describes the fall of the Watchers, the angels who fathered the Nephilim (cf. the bene Elohim, Genesis 6:1-2). The fallen angels went to Enoch to intercede on their behalf with God after he declared to them their doom. The remainder of the book describes Enoch's visit to Heaven in the form of a vision, and his revelations. This is an invaluable resource...
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