The Real History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Predictions from Revelation and Nostradamus to Y2K and 2012Penguin, 2010 M04 6 - 336 pages From the author of The Real History Behind the Templars--the origins and stories behind end-of-the-world predictions throughout history, from Revelations to 2012. In entertaining and sharp prose, historian Sharan Newman explores theories of world destruction from ancient times up to the present day- theories which reveal as much about human nature as they do about the predominant historical, scientific, and religious beliefs of the time. Readers will find answers to the following end-of-times questions: ?Did the Mayans really say the world will end in December 2012? ?How have the signs in the New Testament Book of Revelations been interpreted over the years? ?How did ancient Egyptians, Norse, and Chinese think the world would end? ?When did Nostradamus predict that the last days would come? ?Does the I Ching reference 2012? ?Why didn't the world end in Y2K? ?Are meteors, global warming, super-volcanoes, and the threat of nuclear war signs that the end is near? |
Contents
CHAPTER EIGHT The First Christians | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN Montanism | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Prophecies of Merlin | |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Joachim of Fiore | |
All Hell Breaks Loose | |
CHAPTER TWENTYONE Nostradamus | |
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE The Founders of Modern Science | |
CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN The Cherokee Ghost Dance of 18111812 | |
CHAPTER TWENTYNINE The United Society of Believers in Christs | |
CHAPTER THIRTYTWO The Doomsealers | |
CHAPTER THIRTYFIVE Cargo Cults Messiahs and the End of the World | |
CHAPTER THIRTYSEVEN The Branch Davidians | |
CHAPTER FORTY | |
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE The Russian Old Believers | |
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