Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come : the Ancient roots of apocalyptic faitih
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Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come : the Ancient roots of apocalyptic faitih
Yale University Press, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-265) and index
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ISBN 9780300055986
内容説明
This is a study of the origins of the idea of "the world to come". Cohn takes the reader back 2000 years to look at the beliefs of ancient religions and civilizations and their view of the future of man. The millennarian view that the world is moving towards an ideal and perfect future is fundamental to most societies today, but it has not always been so. Cohn shows how the Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Indo-Iranians and pre-exilic Israelites, among others, believed in a static world in which a divinely pre-ordained order existed, despite the threats of evil, destructive forces like drought, famine or plague. Around 1500 BC, Zoroaster broke with this secure but anxious world-view, arguing that man was moving, through incessant conflict, towards an absolute, safe and divinely-appointed order. That view has dominated religious vision every since, as well as idealist ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism, and remains fundamental to man's philosophy. Cohn's book is therefore an investigation into probably the greatest turning-point in the history of human consciousness.
目次
- Part 1 The ancient Near East and beyond: Egyptians
- Mesopotamians
- Vedic Indians
- Zoroastrians
- from combat myth to eschatological faith. Part 2 Syro-Palestinian crusade: Ugarit
- Yahwism I
- Yahwism II
- early Jewish apocalypses I
- early Jewish apocalypses II
- early Christian expectations I
- early Christian expectations II
- Jews, Zoroastrians and Christian notes.
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: pbk ISBN 9780300065510
内容説明
The view that good will overcome evil and lead to a perfect world is held by many religions and races. The author seeks to investigate the origins of this belief through the world views of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India, through Iranian and Jewish prophets, to early Christian beliefs.
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