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Continuum History of Apocalypticism

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ISBN-10: 0826415202

ISBN-13: 9780826415202

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bernard McGinn, John J. Collins, Stephen Stein, Stephen Stein, John J. Stein

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This is a 1-volume, edition of the 3-volume 'Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism' published in 1998. The main historical surveys have been retained, while essays of a thematic nature, and a few whose subject matter is not central to the historical development, have been omitted.
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List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 690
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.44" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor of Historical Theology and History of Christianity at the University of Chicago, is the author of many books, including Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages(Columbia).

Donald Senior , C.P., is President and Professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. John J. Collins , Ph.D., is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. He is currently serving as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Introduction
The Origins of Apocalypticism in the Ancient World
The Roots of Apocalypticism in Near Eastern Myth
Persian Apocalypticism
From Prophecy to Apocalypticism: The Expectation of the End
Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Messianism and Apocalypticism
The Eschatology of Jesus
Paul and Apocalyptic Eschatology
The Book of Revelation
Apocalyptic Traditions from Late Antiquity to Ca 1800 C.E.
Apocalypticism in Early Christian Theology
Byzantine Apocalypses
Apocalypticism and Church Reform, 1100-1500
Radical Apocalyptic Movements in the Late Middle Ages
Images of Hope and Despair: Western Apocalypticism ca. 1500-1800
Jewish Apocalypticism, 670-1670
Islamic Apocalypticism in the Classic Period
Apocalypticism in the Modern Age
Apocalypticism in Central and South American Colonialism
Apocalypticism in Colonial North America
Apocalypticism in Mainstream Protestantism, 1800 to the Present
Apocalypticism Outside the Mainstream in the United States
The Growth of Fundamentalist Apocalyptic in the United States
Apocalyptic Movements in Latin America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The Messianism of Success in Contemporary Judaism
The Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam
Apocalypticism in Modern Western Europe
Apocalypticism in Eastern Europe
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Names