Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come
the ancient roots of apocalyptic faith
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Publication
1993 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
67,750 words, Guess
Page Count
271 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1394088M
- ISBN-100300055986
- OCLC Control Number28028624
- OCLC Control Numbercosmoschaosworld00cohn
- Library of Congress Control Number93001294
and 2 more
- Goodreads2080531
- LibraryThing9044
Classifications
- DDC291.2/4
- LCCBL325.C7 C64 1993
Description
"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."--Jacket.
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