Description:
The religious texts in Aztec and Maya Apocalypses, many translated for the first time, provide an intriguing picture of this process--revealing the influence of European, Aztec, and Maya worldviews on portrayals of Doomsday by Spanish priests and Indigenous authors alike.
Brief description:
Mark Z. Christensen is Professor of History at Brigham Young University and the author of Translated Christianities: Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts and The Teabo Manuscript: Maya Christian Copybooks, Chilam Balams, and Native Text Production in Yucatan.
Review Quotes: "Christensen takes readers on an expertly guided tour through the frightful yet fascinating hellscapes mapped out in the writings of both churchmen and Indigenous authors, tracking narratives and motifs back to their often-obscure Old World and, in some cases, Indigenous precursors."--Louise M. Burkhart, coauthor of Painted Words: Nahua Catholicism, Politics, and Memory in the Atzaqualco Pictorial Catechism