LoginAnti-Christ: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination with Evil
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This book examines this compelling legend from the Second Temple in Jerusalem to our times at the turning of the millennium. Historically, turns of the century, but especially turns of millenia, seem to whip up our fantasies about "the end" and the role of a thoroughly evil human agent in its coming. In this survey of the history of the Antichrist, the author presents the Christian origins of the legend, playing close attention to how it plays on the popular imagination. Perhaps literal belief in Antichrist was far more widespread centuries ago than it is today, but the legend continues to haunt us. With all our psycho
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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Release date: 31 January 1996
ISBN-10 : 0060652829 | ISBN-13: 9780060652821
Release date: 31 January 1996
ISBN-10 : 0060652829 | ISBN-13: 9780060652821
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