Apocalypse of Empire - Imperial Eschatology in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

Stephen J. Shoemaker is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and author of The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Stephen J. Shoemaker

Summary

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 context of apocalyptic anticipation that includes early Byzantine Christianity, Judaism, and Sasanian Zoroastrianism.

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• Authors: Stephen Shoemaker, Stephen J Shoemaker, Stephen J. Shoemaker
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2018
• EAN: 9780812250404
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5040-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late An; Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works