Kirsch, Jonathan,  1949- <br/><br/>
A history of the end of the world :  how the most controversial book in the Bible changed the course of Western civilization / 
Jonathan Kirsch. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - [San Francisco] :  HarperSanFrancisco,  c2006. 
 - 340 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. (chiefly col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The book of Revelation": p. [257]-287. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-330) and index. 
<br/><br/>Something rich and strange -- Spooky knowledge and last things -- The history of a delusion -- The Apocalyptic invasion -- "Your own days, few and evil" -- To begin the world over again -- The godless Apocalypse. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060816988 9780060816988 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006041051 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--CIPSRevelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--CIPSRevelation--Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>End of the world--History of doctrines.<br/>History--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS2825.52  / .K57 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>228/.06