Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Peoples of the Apocalypse written by Wolfram Brandes and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Extensive lists of murderous end-time peoples, whether for good or evil, and those who merit salvation hold variably defined roles in end-time scenarios. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion’s approach as well as shared concepts.