Apocalypse, Revolution and Terrorism: From the Sicari to the American Revolt against the Modern World

by Jeffrey Kaplan

Book Overview

This book focuses on religiously driven oppositional violence through the ages. Beginning with the 1st-century Sicari, it examines the commonalities that link apocalypticism, revolution, and terrorism occurring in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam past and present.

It is divided into two sections, 'This was Then' and 'This is Now', which together examine the cultural and religious history of oppositional violence from the time of Jesus to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113848363X
• ISBN13: 9781138483637
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"