History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization, (Paperback)

from NielsenGW

After vexillology (the study of flags and their designs) and ichthyology (the study of fishes), my third favorite "ology" is eschatology: the study of the end of times. It is simultaneously incredibly easy and infinitely impossible to posit what the future will hold, and even more so when talking...

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An extensive analysis of the book of Revelation. The author provides a wealth of references and even a copy of the book of Revelation appended to the analysis.

from Devil_llama

Truly an interesting addition to the portfolio of the author. He looks at the book of Revelation, tracing it through history from its initial meaning to all the meanings that have been put on it since its inception. This book has been responsible for a great many of our ideas about heaven and hel...

from The_Hibernator

This book surveys how the Book of Revelation has influenced culture throughout time. It provides a basic idea of how apocalyptic rhetoric has been used and developed with time. However, I didn't learn much history from this book. In fact, Kirsh mostly assumes that the reader is either familiar wi...

from ajdeus

Is A History of the End of the World an expedient critique or a sarcastic attempt to highlight the Christian delusions in the Book of Revelation? While Jonathan Kirsch's treaty is well structured and placed in the context of the Book of Daniel, it provides nothing new or illuminating. It is an ea...