
The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World with John Jeffries Martin
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The History of the End
Ideas about the end were already present 1500 years BCE in Persia and the Middle East. These ideas would have a significant shaping influence on Judaism and eventually on Christianity, which was also deeply shaped by Judaism. They become quite important in Western Europe during the Crusades. And I think they remain ideas about the end, although not necessarily religious always, down to the present day.
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