Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of the Seven Trumpets of Revelation
Author: | de Waal, Kayle |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 332 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-2567-5 978-0-7734-2567-5 |
Price: | $219.95 |
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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.
Reviews
“… strategic use of symbol marker, social marker, and ideological marker, then, are substantive contributions to SR analysis and interpretation that set the stage for additional, creative analysis and interpretation.” –Prof. Vernon K. Robbins, Emory University
"The author has explained socio-rhetorical interpretation methodology to Revelations very well."
-Prof. Alan S. Bandy,
Oklahoma Baptist University
"Demonstrates a wide knowledge of the relevant literature, including the text of Revelation itself in its original language."
-Dr. Peter Carrell,
Theology House, Christchurch
Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Purpose of this Study
Literature Review
An Introduction to the Use of the Trumpet in the OT, Second Temple, Greco-Roman and NT Literature
The Need for this Study
Interpretive Analytic
The Apocalyptic Rhetorolect
The Implied Reader, Implied Author, and Authorial Audience
The Design of this Study
Chapter 2: Inner Texture
Repetitive Texture
Progressive Texture
Open-Middle-Closing Texture
Narrational Texture
Chapter 3: Intertexture and Intratexture
Cultural Intertexture
Chapter 4: Social and Cultural Texture
Social Markers
Specific Social Topics
Common Social and Cultural Topics
Final Cultural Categories
Summary
Chapter 5: Ideological Texture
Ideological Markers
Trumpets as Instruments of Power and Destruction
Summary
Chapter 6: Sacred Texture
The Role of Divine Meetings
The Cosmic Conflict Tradition
The Value of the Markers
Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Internet Sources
Index