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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "Cosmos, chaos & the world to come".
- catalog contributor b12327166.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The ancient Near East and beyond. Egyptians ; Mesopotamians ; Vedic Indians ; Zorastrians ; From combat myth to apocalyptic faith -- Syro-Palestinian crucible. Ugarit ; Yahweh and the Jerusalem monarchy ; Exile and after ; Jewish apocalpses (I) ; Jewish apocalpses (II) ; The Jesus sect ; The book of Revelation ; Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians.".
- catalog extent "282 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300090889".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale Nota bene".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : London : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "291.24 21".
- catalog subject "BL325.C7 C64 2001".
- catalog subject "Cosmology Comparative studies.".
- catalog subject "Creation Comparative studies.".
- catalog subject "Eschatology Comparative studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The ancient Near East and beyond. Egyptians ; Mesopotamians ; Vedic Indians ; Zorastrians ; From combat myth to apocalyptic faith -- Syro-Palestinian crucible. Ugarit ; Yahweh and the Jerusalem monarchy ; Exile and after ; Jewish apocalpses (I) ; Jewish apocalpses (II) ; The Jesus sect ; The book of Revelation ; Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians.".
- catalog title "Cosmos, chaos & the world to come".
- catalog title "Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come : the ancient roots of apocalyptic faith / Norman Cohn.".
- catalog type "Comparative studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".