The apocalypse of empire : imperial eschatology in late antiquity and early Islam

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Main Author: Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
Eschatology in literature > History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Islamic eschatology in literature > History and criticism.
Islamic eschatology.
Eschatology > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Eschatology, Greco-Roman.
Eschatology in rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Eschatology, Jewish.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Apocalypse Against Empire or Apocalypse Through Empire?: The Shifting Politics of the Apocalyptic Imagination
  • ch. 2 Rise of Imperial Apocalypticism in Late Antiquity: Christian Rome and the Kingdom of God
  • ch. 3 Awaiting the End of the World in Early Byzantium: Shifting Imperial Fortunes and Firm Eschatological Faith
  • ch. 4 Armilos and Kay Bahram: Imperial Eschatology in Late Ancient Judaism and Zoroastrianism
  • ch. 5 "The Reign of God Has Come": Eschatology and Community in Early Islam
  • ch. 6 From Jerusalem to Constantinople: Imperial Eschatology and the Rise of Islam.

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