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Aztec and Maya apocalypses : old world tales of doom in a new world setting / Mark Z. Christensen.

Author/creator Christensen, Mark Z. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2022]
Copyright Notice 2022
Descriptionxii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : the beginning of the end -- Old world roots, new world shoots -- The personal apocalypse : the first judgment, limbo, and purgatory -- Signs of the times -- The apocalypse of the body : resurrection -- Heaven, but mostly hell -- Conclusion a final wor(l)d.
Abstract "Analyzes Spanish Catholic priests' "official" ecclesiastical texts and Indigenous authors' rendering of those texts from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century in order to trace European and Indigenous influences, both stylistic and substantive, on beliefs in New Spain about the Second Coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the Final Judgment. Includes author's own translations of Spanish, Nahuatl, and Mayan texts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index.
LCCN 2022000602
ISBN9780806190358
ISBN0806190353 (hardcover)

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