Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of

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Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith

This is a study of the origins of the idea of "the world to come". Cohn takes the reader back 2000 years to look at the beliefs of ancient religions and civilizations and their view of the future of man. The millennarian view that the world is moving towards an ideal and perfect future is fundamental to most societies today, but it has not always been so. Cohn shows how the Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Indo-Iranians and pre-exilic Israelites, among others, believed in a static world in which a divinely pre-ordained order existed, despite the threats of evil, destructive forces like drought, famine or plague. Around 1500 BC, Zoroaster broke with this secure but anxious world-view, arguing that man was moving, through incessant conflict, towards an absolute, safe and divinely-appointed order. That view has dominated religious vision every since, as well as idealist ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism, and remains fundamental to man's philosophy. Cohn's book is therefore an investigation into probably the greatest turning-point in the history of human consciousness.
Country USA
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber new-20170302-c0035800
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300055986
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	new-20170302-c0035800
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780300055986
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith

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