Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come
Subtitle: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 25, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300065510
Subjects: Philosophy of religion; Theology; Comparative Religion; History; Religion / General; Ancient Religions; Eschatology; Religion - Church History; Religion
First sentence: Cosmos, in the sense of all-embracing, all-pervading order, was taken for granted in the Ancient Near East: everything in heaven and earth, in nature and in society, had been established and set in order by the gods and was still watched over by the gods.