The apocalypse a brief history. - Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952- (Malden Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
Revelation in the age of the Torah -- The book of the watchers and ascent to heaven -- The book of Daniel and the kingdom of the holy ones -- The heavenly Messiah -- The heavenly temple, the fate of souls after death, and cosmology -- Tours of paradise and hell and the Hekhalot texts -- Eschatology in the Byzantine Empire -- Apocalyptic movements in the modern era.
Keywords: Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; 228 -- Apocalyps. Boek der Openbaring van Johannes. Apocalyptiek