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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, Revised Edition PDF

222 Pages·2011·0.66 MB·English
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Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical erudition, warmth, and whimsy: What is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ’s 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly does the millennium begin—January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?
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