Full Description
Like other narratives in the New Testament such as the Gospels and Acts, the Book of Revelation shares the narrative character within its unique and narrative world. When reading Revelation, many attempt to focus on deciphering the meaning of the mythical images, interpreting the historical background and pinpointing the implications of symbols and numbers. Using methodologies such as narrative criticism and reader-response criticism, The Narrative Asides in the Book of Revelation features the phenomena of narrative asides in the book of Revelation, which is the first attempt of its kind. Author Dal Lee identifies and classifies the narrative asides in Revelation, and discerns how the narrative asides function in the narrative of Revelation.
Contents
Chapter 1 Abbreviations Chapter 2 Acknowledgment Chapter 3 Introduction: The Development of the Literary Criticism; The History of Research of the Narrative Asides in the Gospels and Acts; Methodological Considerations Chapter 4 The Narrative Asides in Selected Ancient Apocalypses: The Narrative Asides in the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses; The Formula of the Narrative Asides Chapter 5 The Narrative Asides in the Book of Revelation: Two Literary Problems in Revelation to the Narrative Asides in Revelation; The Identification of the Narrative Asides; Criteria for Asides and Non-Asides Chapter 6 The Classification of the Narrative Asides in the Book of Revelation: The Functional Classification; The Syntactical Classification Chapter 7 The Function of the Narrative Asides in the Book of Revelation: The Narrative Asides and the Interpretation of the Narrative; The Formation of the Narrative Asides in Revelation; The Narrative Asides and the Discourse of the Narrative of Revelation Chapter 8 Conclusion Chapter 9 Selected Bibliography Chapter 10 Index of Authors