Apocalypse: From Antiquity to the Empire of Modernity

by Pro John R. Hall (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $23.06

  For most of us, Apocalypse suggests the cataclysmic end of the world. Yet in Greek 'apocalypse' means 'revelation', and the real subject of the Book of Revelation is how the sacred arises in history at a moment of crisis and destiny. The author explores the significance of apocalyptic movements and the role they have played.