The great year : astrology, millenarianism, and history in the Western tradition / Nicholas Campion.
The great year : astrology, millenarianism, and history in the Western tradition / Nicholas Campion.
The great year : astrology, millenarianism, and history in the Western tradition / Nicholas Campion.
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London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Arkana, 1994.
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1994.
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N909/109
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xi, 696 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Pt. I. The Ancient World. 1. The Language of the Gods: Time and Society in Ancient Mesopotamia. 2. The Loss of Innocence: Life and Death in the Golden Age. 3. Space, Time and Politics: History as Mathematics in Mesopotamia. 4. The End of Days: Israel and the Apocalypse. 5. The Kingdom of the Sun: Co...
16. The Myth of Progress and the Universal State: Time, Politics and Ritual in the Modern World -- App. 1 Forty as the Number of Purification -- App. 2 Hebrew Jubilees and the Regulation of History by Seven -- App. 3 Rome as the Fifth Monarchy -- App. 4 The Beginning of the Great Year -- App. 5 The...
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London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Arkana, 1994.
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England
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1994.
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The great year : astrology, millenarianism, and history in the Western tradition / Nicholas Campion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-666) and index.
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N909/109
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0140192964
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909
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