The Apocalypse of Empire : : Imperial Eschatology in Late Antiquity and Early Islam / / Stephen J. Shoemaker.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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