The apocalypse of empire : imperial eschatology in late antiquity and early Islam /

The apocalypse of empire : imperial eschatology in late antiquity and early Islam /

In The Apocalypse of Empire, Stephen J. Shoemaker argues that earliest Islam was a movement driven by urgent eschatological belief that focused on the conquest, or liberation, of the biblical Holy Land and situates this belief within a broader cultural environment of apocalyptic anticipation. Shoema...

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Main Author: Shoemaker, Stephen J., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
30-600
Eschatology in literature > History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Islamic eschatology in literature > History and criticism.
Islamic eschatology.
Eschatology > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Eschatology, Greco-Roman.
Eschatology in rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Eschatology, Jewish.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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