R. H. Charles 
Eschatology 
A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life in Israel, in Judaism, and in Christianity

The classic study of the history of the development of Jewish and Christian eschatology. Charles superseded all predecessors with a fuller treatment of the Apocalypse and a deeper study of the Messianic hope of the Nation in the Old Testament.

Circa l’autore

R. H. Charles (1855-1931) was Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity College Dublin (1898-1906), He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1906, and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1910. In 1925 he was the first recipient of the British Academy Medal for Biblical Studies. Charles also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Belfast in 1923 and Oxford in 1928. His publications include: ‘The Apocalypse of Baruch, ‘ ‘The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, ‘ and ‘The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English’ (2 vols.).