A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Seven Trumpets of Revelation [electronic resource] : e Apocalyptic Challenge to Earthly Empire

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

de Waal, Kayle B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. N.T. Revelation VIII-XI--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Bible. Revelation, VIII-XI--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Bible.

Local Subjects:

Bible. N.T. Revelation VIII-XI--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An innovative biblical study that focuses on the idea of social and ideological "markers" when interpreting the text surrounding the seven trumpets found in the Book of Revelation. It is the first study to give a detailed explanation of these trumpets and what they symbolize in Revelation.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1. The Purpose of this Study; 2.Literature Review; a. Jon Paulien; b.David E. Aune; c. Gregory K. Beale; d. Ben Witherington III; 3. An Introduction to the Use of the Trumpet in the OT, Second Temple, Greco-Toman and NT Literature; a. Trumpets and Liturgy; b. Trumpets and Battle; c. Trumprts and Special Occasions; d. Trumpets and Judgement/Theophany; e. Trumpets and Eschatology; f. Trumpets in the New Testament; g.Trumpets in Greco-Roman literature

h. Trumpets in the Focus Test4. The Need for This Study; 5. Interpretive Analytic; a. Inner Texture; b. Intertexture and Intratexture; c. Social and Cultural Texture; d.Ideaological Texture; e. Sacred Texture; 6. The Apocalyptic Rhetrorolect; 7. The Implied Reader, Implied Author and Authorial Audience; 8. The Design of this Study; Chapter 2: Inner Texture; 1. Repetitive Texture; 2. Progressive Texture; 3. Open-Middle-Closing Texture; 4. Narrational Texture; 5. Summary; Chapter 3: Intertexture and Intratexture; 1. Cultural Intertexture; a. Analysis of Rev 8.2-8.6

b. Analysis of the First Trumpetc. Analysis of the Second Trumpet; d. Analysis of the Third Trumpet; e. Analysis of the Fourth Trumpet; f. Analysis of Rev. 8.13; g. Analysis of the Fifth Trumpet; h. Analysis of the Sixth Trumpet; i. Analysis of the Seventh Trumpet; j. Summary; Chapter 4: Social and Cultural Texture; 1. Social Markers; 2. Specific Social Topics; 3. Common Social and Cultural Topics; 4. Final Cultural Categories; 5. Summary; Chapter 5: Ideological Texture; 1. Ideological Markers; 2. Trumpets as Instruments of Power and Destruction; 3. Summary; Chapter 6: Sacred Texture

1. The Role of Divine Beingsa. God as a Judge over Creation and Empire; b. God as a Warrior in Creation and against Empire; 2. The Cosmic Conflict Tradition; 3. The Value of the Markers; Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Internet Sources; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7731-1169-7

0-7734-1169-0

OCLC:

797915587