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Peoples of the Apocalypse

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Millennium transcends boundaries – between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the journal Millennium-Jahrbuch, the Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary app...
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This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Extensive lists of murderous end-time peoples, whether for good or evil, and those who merit salvation hold variably defined roles in end-time scenarios. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion’s approach as well as shared concepts.

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Price: $270.00
Pages: 374
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 24 May 2016
ISBN: 9783110469493
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HIS037010 HISTORY / Medieval, HIS059000 HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, REL000000 RELIGION / General, REL015000 RELIGION / Christianity / History
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Wolfram Brandes, MPIER, Frankfurt/M.; Felicitas Schmieder, FernUniversität Hagen; Rebekka Voß, Goethe Universität Frankfurt/M.