Chapter 1. Apocalypse Against Empire or Apocalypse Through Empire?: The Shifting Politics of the Apocalyptic Imagination

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Apocalypse Against Empire or Apocalypse Through Empire?: The Shifting Politics of the Apocalyptic Imagination 11
5. Chapter 2. The Rise of Imperial Apocalypticism in Late Antiquity: Christian Rome and the Kingdom of God 38
6. Chapter 3. Awaiting the End of the World in Early Byzantium: Shifting Imperial Fortunes and Firm Eschatological Faith 64
7. Chapter 4. Armilos and Kay Bahrām: Imperial Eschatology in Late Ancient Judaism and Zoroastrianism 90
8. Chapter 5. “The Reign of God Has Come”: Eschatology and Community in Early Islam 116
9. Chapter 6. From Jerusalem to Constantinople: Imperial Eschatology and the Rise of Islam 146
10. Conclusion 180
11. Notes 185
12. Bibliography 221
13. Index 249
14. Acknowledgments 257