Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" [electronic resource] : the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / by Maria Ana Travassos Valdez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 149.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: xxiii, 344 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 236/.9092 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4705.V55 T73 2011eb
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Contents:
The biblical sources. The four empires -- The seventy weeks -- The millennium -- The exegetical tradition. Flavius Josephus -- Hippolytus and the 6000-year chronology -- St. Jerome's commentary on Daniel -- St. Augustine's two cities -- Joachim of Fiore : from the Status to the "last emperor" -- António Vieira, S.J., and the Clavis prophetarum. Eschatology in António Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-337) and index.

The biblical sources. The four empires -- The seventy weeks -- The millennium -- The exegetical tradition. Flavius Josephus -- Hippolytus and the 6000-year chronology -- St. Jerome's commentary on Daniel -- St. Augustine's two cities -- Joachim of Fiore : from the Status to the "last emperor" -- António Vieira, S.J., and the Clavis prophetarum. Eschatology in António Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?.

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