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Author:

Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization. Symposium (12th : 1999 : Creighton University)

Title:

Millennialism from the Hebrew Bible to the present / editors, Leonard J. Greenspoon, Ronald A. Simkins ; the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization ; Center for the Study of Religion and Society.

Publisher:

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press,
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xviii, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Millennialism.
Eschatology, Jewish
Jews--Civilization.
Jews--History.

Other Authors:

Greenspoon, Leonard J. (Leonard Jay)
Simkins, Ronald.
Creighton University. Center for the Study of Religion and Society.

Notes:

Conference held Oct. 10-11, 1999. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

"Teach us to number our days" : the elusive epoch in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian calendars / Seth Ward. Dawn of the new cycle : millennial hopes and pedagogical realities / W. Michael Ashcroft -- Where the end times begin : Jerusalem and the millennial vison of evangelical Christians / Yaakov Ariel -- Apocalyptic schemes and dreams : how an ancient Jewish vision of the future came to dominate the modern world / James D. Tabor -- "Teach us to number our days" : the elusive epoch in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian calendars / Seth Ward.
A borrowed apocalypse : reading the Book of Revelation in new religious movements / Eugene V. Gallagher. Apocalypse according to the Rabbis : divergent rabbinic views on the end of days / Richard A. Freund -- The New World pilgrimage of the Church : millennial hopes and disappointments in the Franciscan mission to New Spain / David E. Timmer -- Mourning the end of time : apocalypses as texts of cultural loss / Dereck Daschke -- A borrowed apocalypse : reading the Book of Revelation in new religious movements / Eugene V. Gallagher.
The end of the world and The X-Files : the dismemberment of Christian millennialism in American mass-mediated entertainment / Brenda E. Brasher. The end of the world and The X-Files : the dismemberment of Christian millennialism in American mass-mediated entertainment / Brenda E. Brasher.

Series:

Studies in Jewish civilization ; v. 12

ISBN:

9781881871415
188187141X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52639212

LCCN:

2003275335

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)