Questioning the Millennium A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown

Revised Edition, 1st Harvard University Press Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

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?

Book information

ISBN: 9780674061644
Publisher: Harvard
Imprint: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Revised Edition, 1st Harvard University Press Edition
DEWEY: 909.83
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 221
Weight: 336g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 14mm