Hearing at the boundaries of vision : education informing cosmology in Revelation 9 / Sean Michael Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Sean Michael.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 448.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

The library of New Testament studies ; 448

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

Bible. Revelation.

Education, Ancient.

Biblical cosmology.

Cosmology, Ancient.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, [2012]

Summary:

This study considers how a significant variable, namely level of literary education (enkuklios paideia), might affect an ancient hearer's interpretation of Revelation 9. This volume focuses on how two hypothetical ancient hearer-constructs, with very different "mental libraries", may interpret the rich cosmological imagery of Revelation 9. The first, ancient hearer-construct (HC1), the recipient of a minimal literary education, retains a Homeric cosmological model. The second ancient hearer-construct (HC2), by contrast, utilises a tertiary-level knowledge of Aratus and Plato to allegorically reinterpret the cosmological imagery of Rev 9 (cf. 'Hippolytus', Refutatio IV.46-50). The volume concludes by critically comparing the hypothetical responses of HC1 and HC2 with the early reception of Revelation 9 by Victorinus, Tyconius and Oecumenius (3rd-6th century CE), attentive to the educational attainment of each commentator.

Contents:

Introduction

Greek encyclical education

Graeco-Roman cosmologies

Hearer-construct one (HC1) : interpretation of the cosmologuy of Rev 9:1-19

Hearer-construct two (HC2) : interpretation of the cosmology of Rev 9:1-12

Victorinus, Tyconius and Oecumenius : interpretation of the cosmology of Rev 9

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-248) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567604897

0567604896

OCLC:

751750987