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- GoodA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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- ISBN-10
- 0822321378
- Publication Name
- Duke University Press Books
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780822321378
- Book Title
- Children of Ezekiel : Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9.8 in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Author
- Michael Lieb
- Genre
- Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Science
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Space Science, General, Islam / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Science
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 277 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
CHILDREN OF EZEKIEL: ALIENS, UFOS, THE CRISIS OF RACE, AND By Michael Lieb
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822321378
ISBN-13
9780822321378
eBay Product ID (ePID)
839217
Product Key Features
Book Title
Children of Ezekiel : Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time
Number of Pages
277 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Space Science, General, Islam / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Science
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
98-027097
Reviews
“In addition to contributing a great deal to our understanding of the presence of Biblical themes in the modern world, Michael Lieb’s book offers a highly sophisticated way of understanding elements of the contemporary UFO phenomenon. Highly recommended for readers from many different disciplines.â€�-Michael Zimmerman, author o f Contesting Earth’s Future: Radical Ecology and Postmodernity, “In addition to contributing a great deal to our understanding of the presence of Biblical themes in the modern world, Michael Lieb’s book offers a highly sophisticated way of understanding elements of the contemporary UFO phenomenon. Highly recommended for readers from many different disciplines.”-Michael Zimmerman, author o f Contesting Earth’s Future: Radical Ecology and Postmodernity, “. . . fascinating and highly sophisticated . . . a marvellous example of a Wirkungesgeschichte (history of influence or effect) approach to the Bible, taking the visionary discourses of the Book of Ezekiel and reading them in relation to a wide-ranging set of historical and cultural treatments of such phenomena, from John Milton’s poetry to the proclamations of the Honourable Louis Farrakhan . . . Readers of and writers on the Book of Ezekiel ought to read this excellent book . . . an immensely enjoyable, exemplary piece of writing on a biblical vision and its afterlife.”–The Christian Parapsychologist, September 1999″Lieb’s book is the product of remarkable research and scholarship. His genealogy tracks the development, interpretation and transformation of Ezekiel’s vision through various representational, political and religious forms.”–Time & Society”Lukacher’s reading of eternal recurrence impressively extends some earlier work on time and phenomenology.”–Time & Society, “This exciting book interrelates urgent topics in ways never before imagined. While replete with information, teeming with insights, and relevant to the major concerns of present-day society, this book is written with dramatic immediacy and gratifying clarity. More than ‘essential reading,’ this book should be at the top of everyone’s list.”–Albert C. Labriola, author of Milton’s Legacy in the Arts, “. . . fascinating and highly sophisticated . . . a marvellous example of a Wirkungesgeschichte (history of influence or effect) approach to the Bible, taking the visionary discourses of the Book of Ezekiel and reading them in relation to a wide-ranging set of historical and cultural treatments of such phenomena, from John Milton’s poetry to the proclamations of the Honourable Louis Farrakhan . . . Readers of and writers on the Book of Ezekiel ought to read this excellent book . . . an immensely enjoyable, exemplary piece of writing on a biblical vision and its afterlife.”–The Christian Parapsychologist, September 1999 “Lieb’s book is the product of remarkable research and scholarship. His genealogy tracks the development, interpretation and transformation of Ezekiel’s vision through various representational, political and religious forms.”–Time & Society “Lukacher’s reading of eternal recurrence impressively extends some earlier work on time and phenomenology.”–Time & Society, “This exciting book interrelates urgent topics in ways never before imagined. While replete with information, teeming with insights, and relevant to the major concerns of present-day society, this book is written with dramatic immediacy and gratifying clarity. More than ‘essential reading,’ this book should be at the top of everyone’s list.”-Albert C. Labriola, author of Milton’s Legacy in the Arts, “In addition to contributing a great deal to our understanding of the presence of Biblical themes in the modern world, Michael Lieb’s book offers a highly sophisticated way of understanding elements of the contemporary UFO phenomenon. Highly recommended for readers from many different disciplines.”–Michael Zimmerman, author o f Contesting Earth’s Future: Radical Ecology and Postmodernity, “This exciting book interrelates urgent topics in ways never before imagined. While replete with information, teeming with insights, and relevant to the major concerns of present-day society, this book is written with dramatic immediacy and gratifying clarity. More than ‘essential reading,’ this book should be at the top of everyone’s list.â€�-Albert C. Labriola, author of Milton’s Legacy in the Arts
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
001.9
Synopsis
Are Milton’s Paradise Lost , Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile defense program, our culture’s fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan’s views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In Children of Ezekiel Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these phenomena and the way culture has persistently related the divine to the technological. In a work of special interest at the approach of the millennium, Lieb traces these and other diverse cultural moments–all descended from the prophet Ezekiel’s vision of a fiery divine chariot in the sky–from antiquity to the present, across high and low culture, to reveal the pervasive impact of this visionary experience on the modern world. Beginning with the merkabah chariot literature of Hebrew and Gnostic mysticism, Lieb shows how religiously inspired people concerned with annihilating their heretical enemies seized on Ezekiel’s vision as revealing the technologically superior instrument of God’s righteous anger. He describes how many who seek to know the unknowable that is the power of God conceive it in technological terms–and how that power is associated with political aims and a heralding of the end of time. For Milton, Ezekiel’s chariot becomes the vehicle in which the Son of God does battle with the rebellious angels. In the modern age, it may take the form of a locomotive, tank, airplane, missile, or UFO. Technology itself is seen as a divine gift and an embodiment of God in the temporal world. As Lieb demonstrates, the impetus to produce modern technology arises not merely from the desire for profit or military might but also from religious-spiritual motives. Including discussions of conservative evangelical Christian movements, Reagan’s ballistic shooting gallery in the sky, and the Nation of Islam’s vision of the “mother plane” as the vehicle of retribution in the war against racial oppression, Children of Ezekiel will enthrall readers who have been captivated, either through religious belief or intellectual interests, by a common thread uniting millennial religious beliefs, racial conflict, and political and militaristic aspirations., Discussses the relationship between the biblical prophet Ezekiel’s vision of “wheels in the air” and the present day end-of-time concept as seen in various religious sects.
LC Classification Number
BS1545.2.L54 1999
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