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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hence, the qualifier "not necessarily to do with three zeros..." --- Richard Landes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > that's a bit totalistic "nothing to do with" > actually, the better way to conceive of the > relationship is that > millennialism is about the messianic age to come > (1000 year reign of > the saints) and the round numbers (centuries will > do) are apocalyptic > triggers (ie intensify expectation of the advent of > the millennial > kingdom). > so millennialism is not necessarily connected to > 000, but certainly > can be related. indeed, i argue, the whole notion > of a millennium > (rather than some other period for the messianic > era) is related to > the sabbatical millennium, ie in 6000 annus mundi, > the messianic mn > begins. > see > http://www.bu.edu/mille/people/rlpages/cchart.html > r > On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Rod McCaslin wrote: > > > As I understood the study- millenarianism, > > apocalypticism, millennialism, chiliasm- were all > > attitudes/movements that really had nothing > > necessarily to do with three zeros at the end of > > a date. > > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join > medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave > medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's > owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > Rod McCaslin Teacher,World and European History, Centennial High School Ellicott City, Maryland Graduate Student UMBC Historian, St. Andrews Society of Baltimore __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html