{"product_id":"the-apocalypse-9781405113465","title":"The Apocalypse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible and enlightening history of the apocalypses--ancient Jewish and Christian works -- providing fresh insights into the fascinating genre of literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the apocalypses were concerned not only with popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world, but with reward and punishment after death, the heavenly temple, and the revelation of astronomical phenomena and other secrets of nature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the tradition of apocalyptic writing through the Middle Ages, through to the modern era, when social movements still prophesise the world's imminent demise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is certainly a valuable addition.  We look forward to those which are yet to come.\" (\u003ci\u003eTheological Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  \u003cp\u003eChronology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Revelation in the Age of the Torah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Book of the Watchers \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e and Ascent to Heaven\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Book of Daniel and the Kingdom of the Holy Ones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Heavenly Messiah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Heavenly Temple, the Fate of Souls after Death, and Cosmology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Tours of Paradise and Hell and the Hekhalot Texts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Apocalyptic Movements in the Modern Era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529330205015,"sku":"9781405113465","price":93.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405113465.jpg?v=1731875203","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-apocalypse-9781405113465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}