{"product_id":"9781405113465","title":"The Apocalypse A Brief History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Apocalypse\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Brief History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMartha Himmelfarb\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMartha Himmelfarb\u003c\/b\u003e is the William H. Danforth Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Her work has focused on Judaism of the Second Temple period and apocalyptic literature in particular. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTours of Hell: An Apocalyptic Form in Jewish and Christian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eAscent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eA Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 December 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405113465\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379769929868,"sku":"9781405113465","price":114.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405113465_b1fb335b-3c7a-49a2-99a0-7dd87a167a72.jpg?v=1780167053","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405113465","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}