print email comment close Apocalypse!: The Evolution of Apocalyptic Belief and How it Shaped the Western World URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/ Description: Explores the origins of apocalyptic belief, and provides related information on Jesus and John the Baptist, the Book of Revelation and the Book of Daniel, the Antichrist legend, the Crusades, Martin Luther, Thomas Muentzer, Christopher Columbus, the Puritans, the American Revolution, doomsday cults, and more. Includes a glossary, and an illustrated timeline "of the apocalyptical worldview through the ages." Companion to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "Frontline" television program of same title. Publisher: pbs online and wgbh/frontline Extra Keywords Project Megiddo Waco literature old testament bible First Enoch Joachim of Fiore Nazism Marxism millennium Library of Congress Subject Headings: Millennialism LII Database Information: Record 2538 created by Dana Lubow on 12/27/1999 Last modification on 04/06/2008 Published: 12/27/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2538