Toward the millenium
Subtitle: messianic expectations from the Bible to Waco
By: edited by Peter Schäfer and Mark Cohen.
Contributors: Schäfer, Peter, 1943-; Cohen, Mark R., 1943-
Series: Studies in the history of religions ;; v. 77; Studies in the history of religions ;; 77.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Messianism -- Congresses; Jewish messianic movements -- Congresses; Millennialism -- Congresses; Messianism, Political -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented in this book were read and discussed at a yearlong seminar at the Institute for Advanced Study and climaxed with a two-day international symposium in Mar. 1996.