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The people of God in the Apocalypse : discourse, structure, and exegesis / Stephen Pattemore.

By:

Pattemore, Stephen

Series: Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) | Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies)Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press 2004.Description: 256 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0521836980

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Review: "Stephen Pattemore examines passages within Rev. 4:1-22:21 that depict the people of God as actors in the apocalyptic drama and infers what impact these passages would have has on the self-understanding and behaviour of the original audience of the work. He uses Relevance Theory, a development in the linguistic field of pragmatics, to help understand the text against the background of allusion to other texts. Three important images are traced. The picture of the souls under the altar (6:9-11) is found to govern much of the direction of the text with its call to faithful witness and willingness for martyrdom. Even the militant image of a messianic army (7:1-8, 14:1-5) urges the audience in precisely the same direction. Both images combine in the final image of the bride, the culmination of challenge and hope traced briefly in the New Jerusalem visions."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Main Collection	John Kinder Theological Library	BS2825.52PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		J00784596

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Stephen Pattemore examines passages within Rev. 4:1-22:21 that depict the people of God as actors in the apocalyptic drama and infers what impact these passages would have has on the self-understanding and behaviour of the original audience of the work. He uses Relevance Theory, a development in the linguistic field of pragmatics, to help understand the text against the background of allusion to other texts. Three important images are traced. The picture of the souls under the altar (6:9-11) is found to govern much of the direction of the text with its call to faithful witness and willingness for martyrdom. Even the militant image of a messianic army (7:1-8, 14:1-5) urges the audience in precisely the same direction. Both images combine in the final image of the bride, the culmination of challenge and hope traced briefly in the New Jerusalem visions."--BOOK JACKET.