The Real History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Predictions from Revelation and Nostradamus to Y2K and 2012 by Sharan Newman
Book release date: April 6, 2010
Genre: historical, theology, prophecy
From the author of The Real History Behind the Templars—the origins and stories behind end-of-the-world predictions throughout history, from Revelations to 2012.
In entertaining and sharp prose, historian Sharan Newman explores theories of world destruction from ancient times up to the present day- theories which reveal as much about human nature as they do about the predominant historical, scientific, and religious beliefs of the time. Readers will find answers to the following end-of-times questions:
•How have the signs in the New Testament Book of Revelations been interpreted over the years?
•How did ancient Egyptians, Norse, and Chinese think the world would end?
•When did Nostradamus predict that the last days would come?
•Does the I Ching reference 2012?
•Why didn't the world end in Y2K?
•Are meteors, global warming, super-volcanoes, and the threat of nuclear war signs that the end is near?
Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. She took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific. Sharan won the Macavity Award for best first mystery for Death Comes As Epiphany and the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery of 1998 for Cursed in the Blood. The most recent book in the series The Witch in the Well won the Bruce Alexander award for best Historical mystery of 2004. Newman has also written non-fiction books, including The Real History Behind the Da Vince Code (Berkley 2005) and the upcoming Real History Behind the Templars. Newman lives on a mountainside in Oregon.
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