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God Against the Gods : The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism Hardcover - 2004
by Jonathan Kirsch
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- Hardcover
Perfectly suited to readers of Bernard Lewis and Karen Armstrong, God Against the Gods is a dramatic and eye-opening epic of the final struggle between monotheism and polytheism in the ancient world. It was a war fought by an Egyptian pharaoh, a Jewish king, and a Roman emperor charismatic, visionary, and violent men battling in the name of the Only True God. Jonathan Kirsch demonstrates how the world of classical paganism was in fact based on religious liberty and diversity and how the advent of monotheism brought in the name of true belief holy war, crusades, martyrdom, and inquisitions.
The last stand of paganism in the tumultuous fourth century is a rare example of a moment when two men the Roman emperors Constantine, who initiated the Christian revolution that formed the future, and Julian, who later tried but failed to restore paganism literally changed the history of the world. God Against the Gods, breaking a long-lived taboo, reveals monotheism's dark side and polytheism's bright one, illuminating the ancient roots of today's most bloody conflicts as well as the cherished idea of religious liberty.
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- Title God Against the Gods : The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism
- Author Jonathan Kirsch
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2004
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0670032867I3N10
- ISBN 9780670032860 / 0670032867
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.36 x 1.18 in (23.67 x 16.15 x 3.00 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003053793
- Dewey Decimal Code 291.14
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