Scrolling through Revelation: A Note on the βιβλ- Word-Group in the Narrative Structure of John's Apocalypse
The narrative shape of Revelation is notoriously difficult to identify, and varies from commentator to commentator. However, there are indicators of structure, some of which are subtler than others. This textual note identifies uses of three Greek words for scroll' (belonging to the βιβλ- word...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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The expository times
Year: 2017, Volume: 129, Issue: 3, Pages: 105-111 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The narrative shape of Revelation is notoriously difficult to identify, and varies from commentator to commentator. However, there are indicators of structure, some of which are subtler than others. This textual note identifies uses of three Greek words for scroll' (belonging to the βιβλ- word-group), twenty-eight in total, and suggests that the hitherto unidentified cluster of seven uses of the word scroll' in Revelation twenty-two could form an inclusio with the seven uses in chapter five. It further proposes that in chapter ten we are alerted to the forthcoming contents of the now opened scroll by the equivalent use of little scroll' and scroll.' I argue that the opened scroll's contents, relating a metanarrative of salvation and judgement, are narrated from 11:19 to the close of the inclusio in chapter twenty-two, where I postulate a double endingthat of the scroll eaten by John and that of the whole book. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524617731663 |