Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come by Norman Cohn
Jacket of the hardback edition, 1993
Carol Twombly’s Lithos gives an extremely 1990s vibe to this 1990s book from Norman Cohn. The title, subtitle (placed vertically), and author make a typographic frame for the illustration on the cover; which is “The Heavenly Jerusalem as a city”, Liber floridas, ms.92, f.95r (Ghent University Library).
From the publisher’s blurb:
In this engrossing book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium investigates the origins of apocalyptic faith-the belief in a perfect future, when the forces of good are victorious over the forces of evil. Norman Cohn takes us back two thousand years to the world views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, and the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on earth, and he illuminates a major turning point in the history of human consciousness.
Cover of the paperback edition, 1995
