Eschatology in Antiquity : Forms and Functions

This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world, including the fate of the individual, apocalyptic speculation and hope for cosmological renewal, in a wide range of societies from ancient Mesopotamia to the Byzantine era.

• | : Hilary Marlow (University of Cambridge, UK), Karla Pollmann, Helen Van Noorden (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 630 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1138208310
• | ISBN-13: 9781138208315