Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come
Subtitle: the ancient roots of apocalyptic faith
By: Norman Cohn.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Yale Nota bene
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Creation -- Comparative studies.; Cosmology -- Comparative studies.; Eschatology -- Comparative studies.
Genres: Comparative studies.
Notes: Previous ed: New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1993.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The ancient Near East and beyond. Egyptians ; Mesopotamians ; Vedic Indians ; Zorastrians ; From combat myth to apocalyptic faith; title: Syro-Palestinian crucible. Ugarit ; Yahweh and the Jerusalem monarchy ; Exile and after ; Jewish apocalpses (I) ; Jewish apocalpses (II) ; The Jesus sect ; The book of Revelation ; Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians.