
- 210 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book breaks fresh ground in the interpretation of the Apocalypse with an interdisciplinary methodology called aural-performance criticism that assesses how the first-century audience would have heard the Apocalypse. First-century media culture is probed by assessing the dynamics of literacy, orality, aurality, and performance in the Gospels, parts of the Pauline corpus, and also Jewish apocalyptic literature. The audience constructs of informed, minimal, and competent assist the interpreter to apply the methodology. Sound maps and an aural-performance commentary of Revelation 1 and 11 are developed that analyze aural markers, sound style, identity markers, repetition, themes, and the appropriation of the message by the audience. The book concludes by examining the sociological, theological, and communal aspects of aurality and performance and its implications for interpreting the Apocalypse.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Editor’s Preface
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction and Procedure
- Chapter One: Literature Review and Methodology
- Chapter Two: The Authorial Audience and the Culture in John’s World
- Chapter Three: Ancient Performances and the Audience
- Chapter Four: Aurality in the Ancient Literature
- Chapter Five: An Aural-Performance Analysis of Revelation 1:1–21
- Chapter Six: An Aural-Performance Analysis of Rev. 11:1–19
- Chapter Seven: Summary and Implications of This Study
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Select Index of Authors
- Select Subject Index