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The People of God in the Apocalypse : Discourse, Structure and Exegesis.
Title:
The People of God in the Apocalypse : Discourse, Structure and Exegesis.
Author:
Pattemore, Stephen.
ISBN:
9780511211300
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Series:
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series ; v.128

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
Contents:
COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- SERIES-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLE -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Periodicals, series and reference works -- Books of the Bible and Apocrypha -- Ancient Jewish and Christian literature and texts -- 1 A QUESTION OF RELEVANCE -- 1.1 The relevance of the Apocalypse -- 1.2 The people of the Apocalypse -- 1.3 Aims and scope of this study -- 2 RELEVANCE THEORY IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Relevance Theory -- Background -- Relevance -- Language usage -- Reactions and development -- 2.3 Relevance and literary interpretation -- Preliminary considerations -- RT as a tool of literary interpretation -- Ostensive communication and the question of intentionality -- 2.4 Relevance Theory and the Bible -- RT and Speech Act Theory -- Relevance and translation -- Relevance, intertextuality, and the Apocalypse -- Relevance and the nature of John's imagery -- 2.5 A Relevance-Theoretic approach to the Apocalypse -- The relevance perspective in the study of biblical text -- Towards a relevance-sensitive methodology -- 1 Establishment of the text -- 2 Elucidation of discourse structure -- 3 Identification of the issue -- 4 Description of cognitive environments -- 5 Evaluation of the accessibility of cognitive environments -- 6 Interpretation of text within prioritized contexts -- 3 A COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE APOCALYPSE -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The text in its context -- 3.3 The context in the text -- A relevance approach to discourse structure -- The discourse structure of the Apocalypse -- The people of God in the Apocalypse -- (1) Addressees -- (2) Audience -- (3) Actors -- 4 SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR - A MARTYR ECCLESIOLOGY -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The context of the vision -- 4.3 New features of the passage -- 4.4 The focus of the passage - the souls of the slaughtered.

4.5 The cry of the martyrs -- 4.6 The response to the martyrs -- 4.7 The later significance of 6:9-11 -- 4.8 Four focal passages -- Rev. 12:10-12 -- Rev. 16:5-7 -- Rev. 19:1-2 -- Rev. 20:4-6 -- 4.9 Conclusions -- 5 COMPANIONS OF THE LAMB - A MESSIANIC ECCLESIOLOGY -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Daniel 7 in the cognitive environment of Revelation -- 5.3 Rev. 7:1-8: sealing the servants of God -- Verse 1 -- Verses 2-3 -- Verses 4-8 -- 5.4 Rev. 7:9-17: the great crowd around the throne -- Intertextual inferences about the identity of the crowd -- First description of the crowd, Rev. 7:9b-10 -- Identification of the crowd, Rev. 7:13-14 -- Further (future-tense) description of the crowd, Rev. 7:15-17 -- 5.5 War against the saints -- A 'phony war'? Revelation 8-9 -- The two witnesses, Revelation 11 -- Conquering the beasts, Revelation 12-15 -- 5.6 Companions of the Lamb -- The vision, Rev. 14:1 -- The audition, Rev. 14:2-3 -- The explanation, Rev. 14:4-5 -- Companions in arms -- 5.7 Conclusions -- 6 THE NEW JERUSALEM, BRIDE OF THE LAMB -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The vindication of the martyrs -- 6.3 The victory and reign of the saints -- 6.4 The marriage of the Lamb -- 6.5 Implications for John's audience -- 7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7.1 Review -- 7.2 Relevance Theory as a hermeneutic tool -- 7.3 'Who they are': the identity of the people of God -- 7.4 'What they are to do': the task of the people of God -- APPENDIX ABBREVIATED DISCOURSE OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Linguistic analysis helps understand Revelation in the context of its time and its original audience.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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