Bibliotheca Trimalchionis Tertia Studi filologici e letterari sull’Asia e sull’Africa

Series | Bibliotheca Trimalchionis Tertia
Monograph | The End and the Other
Chapter | 1 • Introduzione

1 • Introduzione

Abstract

In this introductory chapter, a number of preliminary information is given: some clarifications on the terminology used – in particular, the terms ‘apocalyptic’, ‘eschatology’ and ‘millenarianism’ – , and a review of the sources used and their chronology, in particular the Kitāb al-Fitan by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād and the Syriac, Greek, Coptic and Armenian Christian apocalypses.


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Submitted: June 27, 2023 | Accepted: March 6, 2024 | Published July 29, 2024 | Language: it


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