| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Biblical interpretation series ; v. 102 |
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Biblical interpretation series ; v. 102.
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| Contents |
Introduction; Part One Apocalypse, a Text Looking for a Reading; Chapter One Critical Orientation; Chapter Two Reading the Form of the Apocalypse; Chapter Three Apocalypticality: An Integrating Function; Part Two Take up and read; Take Up and Read; Chapter Four Narrative Positioning -- Aligning experiences; Chapter Five Narrator perspectives -- Affirming Naration; Chapter Six The Narrate's Experience -- Conectedness of Life; Chapter Seven Towards an Anatomy of Apocalypticality; Conclusion; Postscript Twelve Storyboards of the Apocalypse; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Applying current narrative criticism to the study of the Apocalypse, Hongisto underscores the oral nature of the narrative vis-a-vis the roles of the readers/ listeners. Experiencing the Apocalypse at the Limits of Alterity probes the interplay of meaning creation as readers/listeners encounter the narrative. The author shows how readers/listeners alike partake in the narrative design and become constructors of the narrative, given their own life experiences. Thus, the overarching reading context assists in the creation of a narrativity for the text. The form of the Apocalypse along with its imagistic quality convey a message that is not primarily cognitive, but is delivered and grasped by a sense of alterity encompassing the imaginary world of the text and the real world of the readers/listeners. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-282) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Revelation -- Criticism, Narrative
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Bible. Revelation fast |
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Bibel Offenbarung des Johannes gnd |
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Johannes-Apokalypse. idszbz |
| Subject |
Other (Philosophy) in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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Other (Philosophy) in the Bible
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Das Andere
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Narrative Exegese.
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Narrativität.
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Verschiedenheit.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004186804 |
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9004186808 |
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1282952811 |
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9781282952812 |
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