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Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come : the ancient roots of apocalyptic faith / Norman Cohn

Author
Cohn, Norman, 1915-2007
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.
Physical Description
271 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
pt. 1. The ancient Near East and beyond. Egyptians -- Mesopotamians -- Vedic Indians -- Zorastrians -- From combat to apocalyptic faith -- pt. 2. Syro-Palestinian crucible. Ugarit -- Yahweh and the Jerusalem monarchy -- Exile and after -- Jewish apocalpses (I, II) -- The Jesus sect -- The book of Revelation -- Jews, Zoroastrians and Christians.
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ISBN
0300055986
Collection
Arthur O. Lewis Utopia Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Gift of Lyman Tower Sargent; 2015.
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