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The author tells the story of his life from childhood in New York City through World War II. He leads us through his years as a dentist in a New York prison with tales of many interesting patients. Intertwined is the story of his love Ilona, a holocaust victim who he met and fell in love with in postwar Berlin. They married there and were together for over 60 years.

Apocalypticism has been the source of hope and courage for the oppressed, but has also given rise, on many occasions, to fanaticism and intolerance. The essays in this volume seek neither to apologize for the extravagance of apocalyptic thinkers nor to excuse the perverse actions of some of their followers. Rather, they strive to understand a powerful, perhaps even indispensable, element in the history of Western religions that has been the source of both good and evil, and still is yet today.The Editors The Continuum History of Apocalypticism is a 1-volume, select edition of the 3-vol....