The Reality of Apocalypse
Rhetoric and Politics in the Book of Revelation
Published on 27. October 2006
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-90-04-15107-9 (ISBN)
Description
Far from spinning a fantasy of what will never be, the book of Revelation depicts an alternate social world in order to shape the community and individual identity of an audience living under imperial rule. To highlight the Apocalypse's meaning for its original audience, this volume focuses on two interrelated themes pulsing throughout Revelation: rhetoric and politics. It considers rhetorical strategies and tactics in Revelation and demonstrates how its rhetoric fits the situation in Roman Asia Minor and the struggle within the Apocalypse community. It also examines community and cultural conflicts, showing how myth, symbol, and liturgy function as means of resistance in an imperial setting. By offering a fresh window on the lively interplay between imagination and history, between words and worlds, this volume will be indispensable for anyone seeking to understand current scholarly analysis of the book of Revelation. The contributors are Gregory L. Linton, David E. Aune, David L. Barr, Greg Carey, Paul Duff, Steven J. Friesen, Jan Willem van Henten, Edith M. Humphrey, Jean-Pierre Ruiz, and Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza.
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
708 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-15107-9 (9789004151079)
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Person
David L. Barr, Ph.D. in Humanities/Religion (1974), Florida State University, is Professor of Religion at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of numerous books including Reading the Book of Revelation: A Resource for Students (SBL) and Tales of the End: A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation (Polebridge).
Content
Part One: Rhetoric and Reality. Reading the Apocalypse as Apocalypse: The Limits of Genre, Gregory L. Linton; Apocalypse Renewed: An Intertextual Reading of the Apocalypse of John, David E. Aune; Beyond Genre: The Expectations of Apocalypse, David L. Barr; Hearing and Seeing but not Saying: A Rhetoric of Authority, Jean-Pierre Ruiz; To Rejoice or Not to Rejoice? Rhetoric and the Fall of Satan in Luke 10:17-24 and Rev 12:1-17, Edith M. Humphrey; Sarcasm in Revelation 2-3: Churches, Christians, True Jews, and Satanic Synagogues, Steven J. Friesen. Part Two: Politics and Reality. The "Synagogue of Satan": Crisis Mongering and the Apocalypse of John, Paul Duff; Revelation and Empire: Symptoms of Resistance, Greg Carey; Dragon Myth and Imperial Ideology in Revelation 12-13, Jan Willem van Henten; The Lamb Who Looks Like a Dragon? Characterizing Jesus in John's Apocalypse, David L. Barr; Betwixt and between on the Lord's Day: Liturgy and the Apocalypse, Jean-Pierre Ruiz; The Rhetoricity of Revelation and the Politics of Interpretation, Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza.