The Apocalypse: A Brief History

Acknowledged authors Himmelfarb, Martha wrote The Apocalypse: A Brief History comprising 192 pages back in 2010. Textbook and eTextbook are published under ISBN 1405113472 and 9781405113472. Since then The Apocalypse: A Brief History textbook was available to sell back to BooksRun online for the top buyback price or rent at the marketplace.

This 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.

• An accessible and enlightening history of the "apocalypses"--ancient Jewish and Christian works -- providing fresh insights into the fascinating genre of literature
• Shows 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
• Traces the tradition of apocalyptic writing through the Middle Ages, through to the modern era, when social movements still prophesise the world’s imminent demise