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Narrative and Drama in the Book of Revelation

A Literary Approach

Lourdes García Ureña author Donald Murphy translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Aug '19

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Shows, with solid reasons, that the Book of Revelation has a literary form, similar to the short story.

This book is aimed at biblical and classical scholars. It resolves one of the most striking questions about the Book of Revelation: what is its literary genre? John chooses a literary form, similar to that of the short story, allowing him to use time-space coordinates flexibly, to dramatize the text and to take his time in describing his visions.The Book of Revelation is one of the most cryptic books of the Bible and one that raises many scholarly questions. What is its literary genre? Why is it considered to be both a narrative and a drama? Why does John disregard time-space coordinates? Why does the audience have such an important role in the text? What literary guidelines has the author designed to facilitate the reading of the book? Applying the methods of literary theory to her study, Lourdes Garcia-Urena argues that John wrote Revelation as a book to be read aloud in a liturgical context. In her reading, John chose a literary form, similar to the short story, that allows him to use time-space coordinates flexibly, to dramatize the text, and to take his time in describing his visions. Through these techniques the audience re-lives and is made part of the visual and auditory experience every time the book is read.

'… an insightful work that belongs in the library of every serious Revelation scholar.' Andrea L. Robinson, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

ISBN: 9781108483865

Dimensions: 224mm x 144mm x 15mm

Weight: 410g

232 pages