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The Apocalypse
BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION SERIES
This series offers brief, accessible, and lively accounts of key topics
within theology and religion. Each volume presents both aca-
demic and general readers with a selected history of topics which
have had a profound effect on religious and cultural life. The
word “history” is, therefore, understood in its broadest cultural
and social sense. The volumes are based on serious scholarship
but they are written engagingly and in terms readily understood
by general readers.
Other topics in the series;
Published
Heaven Alister E. McGrath
Heresy G. R. Evans
Islam Tamara Sonn
Death Douglas J. Davies
Saints Lawrence S. Cunningham
Christianity Carter Lindberg
Dante Peter S. Hawkins
Spirituality Philip Sheldrake
Cults and New Religions Douglas E. Cowan and
David G. Bromley
Love Carter Lindberg
Christian Mission Dana L. Robert
Christian Ethics Michael Banner
Jesus W. Barnes Tatum
Shinto John Breen and Mark Teeuwen
Paul Robert Paul Seesengood
Islam 2nd Edition Tamara Sonn
Apocalypse Martha Himmelfarb
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The Reformation h Appold
Monasticism Dennis D. Martin
Sufism Nile Green
The Apocalypse
A Brief History
Martha Himmelfarb
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This edition first published 2010
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