Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End
Written by Bart D. Ehrman
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
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You’ll find nearly everything the Bible says about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us all. But no matter what you think Revelation reveals—whether you read it as a literal description of what will soon come to pass, interpret it as a metaphorical expression of hope for those suffering now, or only recognize its highlights from pop culture—you’re almost certainly wrong.
In Armageddon, acclaimed New Testament authority Bart D. Ehrman delves into the most misunderstood—and possibly most dangerous—book of the Bible, on a “vigilantly persuasive” (The Washington Post) tour through three millennia of Judeo-Christian thinking about how our world will end. With wit and verve, he explores the alarming social and political consequences of expecting an imminent apocalypse, considers whether the message of Revelation may be at odds with the teachings of Jesus, and offers inspiring insight into how to live in the face of an uncertain future.
By turns hilarious, moving, troubling, and provocative, Armageddon is nothing short of revelatory in its account of what the Bible really says about the end.
Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and a distinguished professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of six New York Times bestsellers, he has written or edited more than thirty books, including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, and Heaven and Hell. Ehrman has also created nine popular audio and video courses for The Great Courses. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, with over two million copies and courses sold.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Some great done bias topics. Great: opened the question of whether the message behind Revelations is inspired given its contrast withe the Gospel. Worth considering and what does that mean to your faith. Bad: very selective of its use of reference to push for its message. Eg, the author discredits Daniels prophecy due to its accuracy. It didn’t factor in that Jesus quoted Daniel ahead of His own crucifixion. This somewhat discredits or puts to question other arguments he makes that are bias.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bart Ehrman, as he called himself in his introduction in his book: God's Problem is indeed an honest, well-meaning person not to mention his intelligence dan clarity. But I think the last two chapter of this book when he compare Jesus of the gospel and Jesus of John's revelation is not-so-honest.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5He doesn't understand the timeframe of the 1000 year reign.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tying back to the Gospels
To the words of Christ - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A humanistic work inserting modern climate change into the book of Revelation, and then blaming conservative Christian’s for the alleged crime of climate change. Really?
This work derails itself when it took a left turn at the corners of Revelation and Climate Change. For those who don’t know, climate change has been with us for thousands of years. Without climate change we don’t exist.
This work fumbles badly the destruction of the pagan gods in the the Old Testament. In fact there is no mention of the spiritual warfare that has been with humanity since the garden of Eden. The work berates God for the destruction of pagans who worship satanic spirits, pagans who sacrifice their children to Satan. The ignorance of these things is unforgivable. This work mocks God almighty, as if this work is somehow superior to the judgement of God almighty. I can not recommend this work.8 people found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5How can someone in Australia write a review as you state it is not available in your country give me a break I pay my subscription and find I can't access it but I can on audible maybe I should switch subscription