A Brief History of End Time: Prophecy and Apocalypse, then and now Format:E-book Former Director of the British

Former Director of the British Museum

showing his knowledge not only of the land but also of the Bible and Christian tradition

At the end is a study guide

and literature

and is engaged in research for a history of Anglican social theology from F

A Brief History of End Time: Prophecy and Apocalypse, then and now Format:E-book Former Director of the BritishBlake, Nostradamus, Christian fundamentalists, and latter day prophets are just some of the many individuals and groupsboth religious and secularwho have speculated about the end of the world. Are they just misguided enthusiasts or is there still something to be learnt from them now that more than 2,000 years of the Christian era have passed without the Apocalypse? Why has the end of time exercised a continuing fascination over the human imagination?