Jonathan Kirsch -- "A History of the End of the World" November 5, 2006

How would you live your life if you thought the end of the world was near? Would it affect your thinking? Your behavior? Your regard for future generations? The Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, has stirred dangerous men and women throughout history. This last book in the Bible written as a sermon by a mysterious author raises questions about the human fear of death and obsessions with the afterlife.

Now, author Jonathan Kirsch looks at the repercussions of Revelation in his new book, A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization.

Kirsch is the author of 10 books, a book columnist for the Los Angeles Times, an Adjunct professor on the faculty at New York University, and an attorney in Los Angeles. He spoke at the Center last year on his book titled God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism.

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