Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-351) and index.
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Perversion, blasphemy, and abomination: Jewish visions of God's enemies and the last days (c. 200 B.C.E.-50 C.E.) -- Christ's alter ego: the second Adam and his opposite (50-100) -- Persecution, heresy, and self-deceit: Antichrist in developing Christianity (100-500) -- Antichrist established: the final enemy in the early Middle Ages (500-1100) -- Church reform and Antichrist's imminence (1100-1200) -- Counterfeit holiness: the Papal Antichrist (1200-1335) -- Antichrist on the eve of the Reformation (1335-1500) -- Antichrist divided: Reformers, Catholics, and Puritans debate Antichrist (1500-1660) -- Antichrist in decline (1660-1900) -- Antichrist our contemporary.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Shows that down through the ages the notion of the Antichrist has served the human need to understand the persistence of evil in the world. It has also been a source of great evil itself, for it has led to persecution and suspicion of other religions.