The Apocalypse of Empire: Imperial Eschatology in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

by Stephen J Shoemaker and Stephen J. Shoemaker

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In The Apocalypse of Empire, Stephen J. Shoemaker argues that earliest Islam was a movement driven by urgent eschatological belief that focused on the conquest, or liberation, of the biblical Holy Land and situates this belief within a broader cultural environment of apocalyptic anticipation. Shoemaker looks to the Qur'an's fervent representation of the imminent end of the world and the importance Muhammad and his earliest followers placed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812250400

ISBN13:9780812250404

Release Date:November 2018

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"

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