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Armageddon

What the Bible Really Says about the End

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Armageddon

By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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A “humane, thoughtful, and intelligent” (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong—and why that matters.

You’ll find nearly everything the Bible says about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us all. But no matter what you think Revelation reveals—whether you read it as a literal description of what will soon come to pass, interpret it as a metaphorical expression of hope for those suffering now, or only recognize its highlights from pop culture—you’re almost certainly wrong.

In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly most dangerous—book of the Bible, on a “vigilantly persuasive” (The Washington Post) tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end. With wit and verve, he explores the alarming social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse, considers whether the message of Revelation may be at odds with the teachings of Jesus, and offers inspiring insight into how to live in the face of an uncertain future.

By turns hilarious, moving, troubling, and provocative, Armageddon is nothing short of revelatory in its account of what the Bible really says about the end. Christian Eschatology Christianity Theology History Middle East

Critic reviews

“Vigilantly persuasive.”
—The Washington Post
“Lucid and compelling.”
—Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Ambitious.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Well-argued [and] certain-to-be-controversial.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Ehrman is always highly readable... posing thought-provoking questions about what readers believe and how those beliefs affect their actions. Lots to ponder here.”
—Booklist
Scholarly Analysis • Historical Context • Pleasant Narration • Accessible Information • Thought-provoking Insights

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A rational, unbiased and clear analysis of the last book in the Bible. I didn’t feel that I was being preached to or talked down to. Highly recommended.

One of Ehrman’s best.

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I was reared as an evangelical, but am now attend a mainline church. My switch came from reading the Bible frequently and thoroughly. One thing that doing so did was to make me realize that the end times teachings I grew up with were not consistent with what I was reading. In this book, Dr. Ehrman has done the best job of exposing those problems and the inconsistencies of the Jesus of Revelation with the Jesus of the Gospels that I have ever read. Kudos!

An insightful analysis of Revelation

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I really enjoy Bart D. Ehrman! I’ve never read any of his books, but I have several of his Audiobooks, and a couple of his lectures from The Great Courses catalogue, and without a doubt this is the most well performed, written, and engaging of all of these works!

Bart’s Best

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Loved this book! So much good information. Gets better and better as you reach the final chapters.

Great insight

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Great thorough insights into the book of revelations. Made me want to know more about the Bible and the way people interpret it.

Eye opening

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