Review of Marlow et al. (eds.), Eschatology in antiquity: forms and functions

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Eschatology in antiquity: forms and functions.

Hilary Marlow, Karla Pollmann, Helen Van Noorden, Eschatology in antiquity: forms and functions. Rewriting antiquity. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. Pp. xxiv, 629. ISBN 9781138208315 $200.00.

Review by
Joel Gordon, University of Otago. joel.gordon@otago.ac.nz

Eschatology in antiquity is, as its editors rightly claim (p.1), the first volume of its kind: an exploration of various eschatologies originating from the numerous societies and cultures within the Mediterranean throughout the period broadly identified as ‘antiquity’ (25th century BCE to 9th century CE). While such breadth of scope is a common feature of Routledge’s Rewriting Antiquity series, this is the first time that (ancient) eschatology has been addressed within a single tome. ...

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