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"In the twenty-first century, insurance companies still refer to "acts of God" for any accident or event not influenced by human beings: hurricanes, floods, hail, tsunamis, wildfires, earthquakes, tornados, lightning strikes, even falling trees. The remote origin of this concept can be traced to the Hebrew Bible. During the Second Temple period of Judaism a new literary form developed called "apocalyptic" as a mediated revelation of heavenly secrets to a human sage concerning messages that could be cosmological, speculative, historical, teleological, or moral. The best-known development of this type of literature, however, came to fruition in the New Testament and is, of course, the Book of Revelation, attributed to the apostle John, and which figures prominently in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This collection of essays, the result of the 2014 ACMRS Conference, treats the topic of catastrophes and their connection to apocalyptic mentalities and rhetoric in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (with particular reference to reception of the Book of Revelation), both in Europe and in the Muslim world. The twelve authors contributing to this volume use terms that are simultaneously helpful and ambiguous for a whole range of phenomena and appraisal." - back cover

Disasters --- Church history --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Christianity --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Abūghālimsīs --- Apocalipse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalisse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse of John --- Apocalypse of St. John --- Apocalypsis Johannis --- Apocalypsis S. Johannis --- Apokalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apokalypsin --- Book of Revelation --- Johannes-Apokalypse --- Johannesapokalypse --- Johannesoffenbarung --- Offenbarung des Johannes --- Revelation (Book of the New Testament) --- Revelation of St. John --- Revelation of St. John the Divine --- Revelation to John --- Ruʼyā (Book of the New Testament) --- Sifr al-Ruʼyā --- Yohan kyesirok --- Histoire religieuse --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme. --- Bible --- Religious history --- Apokalipsa św. Jana --- Apokalipsa świętego Jana --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599