Questioning The Millennium A Rationalist S Guide To A Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
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Questioning the Millennium
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
language: en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: 2011-10
Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical erudition, warmth, and whimsy: What is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ’s 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly does the millennium begin—January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?
Questioning the Millennium
The noted naturalist sheds new light on humankind's fascination with the approaching millennium, offering a collection of scientific and historical essays on the millennium and its significance
Questioning the Millennium
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
language: en
Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Release Date: 1998
Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical erudition, warmth, and whimsy: What is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ's 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly does the millennium begin--January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?