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100 1 $aNewman, Sharan.
245 14 $aThe real history of the end of the world /$cSharan Newman.
246 30 $aEnd of the world
250 $aBerkley trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bBerkley Books,$c2010.
300 $axvii, 313 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"Apocalyptic predictions from Revelation and Nostradamus to Y2K and 2012"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aBefore the Common Era. Nothing but humankind and the stars ; Akkadians, Babylonians, and Hittites, oh my! ; Ancient Egypt : keeping the world in balance ; Thus spake Zoroaster : the ancient Persian cosmos ; India : the Great Mandala ; The Book of Daniel -- The first five centuries of the Common Era : defining the end. Apocalypses everywhere The first Christians ; John of Patmos and his revelation ; Chinese millennial movements I : the Yellow Turbans : Montanism ; Augustine and the Apocalypse -- The Middle Ages. The calm between the panics ; The prophecies of Merlin ; Setting the clock : the Maya ; Messiahs, the Antichrist,and the Apocalypse in early Islam ; Joachim of Fiore : monk, prophet, and superstar -- All hell breaks loose : the Renaissance and Reformation. Any minute now : the millennial Renaissance and Enlightenment ; The Hussites and Taborites : a scandal in Bohemia ; Savonarola and decadent Florence ; Nostradamus ; Sabbatai Sevi : almost the Messiah ; The Russian old believers, or, "If it was good enough for Grandpa--" ; The fifth Monarchy ; The founders of modern science -- The millennial nineteenth century. Heaven on earth ; The Cherokee Ghost Dance of 1811-1812 ; The Millerites ; The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming : the shakers ; The Mummyjums ; Chinese millennial movements II : Jesus little brother ; The doomsealers -- Doomsday just around the corner : the nervous twentieth century. The new apocalyptic age ; Modern Mahdi : the guided One in world Islam ; Cargo cults, messiahs, and the end of the world : millennial activity in Melanesia ; The fifth world : Hopi prophecy and 2012 ; The Branch Davidians ; The bible Code ; Y2Y : apocalyptic technophobia ; The Rapture, or, "If you hear a trumpet, grab the steering wheel" -- Still waiting for the end. End-time scenarios ; The end of the end.
650 0 $aEnd of the world$xHistory of doctrines.
650 0 $aProphecies$xHistory.