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William Finnegan is a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of works of international journalism. He has specially addressed issues of racism and conflict in Southern Africa and politics in Mexico and South America, as well as poverty among youth in the United States, and is well known for his writing on surfing.
The fallout of the group after the prediction failed was the basis for the 1956 book When Prophecy Fails. [109] 22 Apr 1959 Florence Houteff The second prophet of the Branch Davidians predicted the apocalypse foretold in the Book of Revelation would proceed on this date. The failure of the prophecy led to the split of the sect into several ...
Patrick Heron (2 February 1952 – 2 January 2014) [1] [2] was an Irish author, born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He became interested in Bible prophecy concerning the "end times" around 1996. His first book, Apocalypse Soon was published in 1997 and became a bestseller in Ireland. [3]
Jean Armour Polly is a librarian and the author of an early series of books on safe Internet services, Surfing the Internet.. [1] She has been an active Internet user since 1991. [2] In 2019, she was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. [3] She was Director of Public Services and Internet Ambassador at NYSERNet, Inc (1992–1995). [4]
Chapters in the book include: [3] the "Apocalyptionary" (a glossary of The End) "The End is Near" (a timeline of failed end-of-the-world predictions) "Know Your Potential Antichrists" (a gallery of Antichrist candidates) "Fun with Eschatology" (an introduction to apocalyptic theory) "Armageddon Grab-Bag"
Horae Apocalypticae is an eschatological study written by Edward Bishop Elliott.The book is, as its long-title sets out, "A commentary on the apocalypse, critical and historical; including also an examination of the chief prophecies of Daniel illustrated by an apocalyptic chart, and engravings from medals and other extant monuments of antiquity with appendices, containing, besides other matter ...
The subject of the text is eschatological [5] and makes a connection with the healing ministry of the Messiah. [6] 4Q521 may be related to other apocalyptic end-time texts, 4QSecond Ezekiel [7] 4QApocryphon of Daniel, [8] and has been studied in relation to the Gospel of Luke's Messianic Magnificat and Benedictus; especially striking is the comparison with Luke 7:22 about raising the dead.
Paul Meyer and Léopold Delisle, in their book L'Apocalypse en français au XIII e siècle (Paris MS fr. 403), 2 vols., Paris, 1901, [1] were the first scholars to try to list, describe and categorize the Apocalypse manuscripts. M. R. James also wrote about illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts in his book The Apocalypse in Art, London, 1931. [2]