Book description
Questioning the Millennium is Stephen Jay Gould’s 1997 book on the cultural and historical meaning of the millennium. Stephen Jay Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical combination of erudition, warmth, and whimsy: As a calendrical event, what is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ’s 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly will the millennium begin–January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?
