M.A. (Bible Studies) / Recent New Testament research has proved that the Apocalypse should be treated as a full literary text. The application of narratological insights on plot development. focalisation/point of view and reader response as well as employing some insights from the socio-cultural milieu, enables the text as dramatic narrative to deliver its own message more dynamically. The reader becomes involved in this dramatic narrative in the performative use of language. With this in mind, the structure of Revelation can be compared with a music composition in three acts. The social context and rhetorical- situation are functionally reflected in the language which serves as a catharsis in assuring that God is in control of church, cosmos and history ...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:13334 |
| Date | 16 February 2015 |
| Creators | Van Moerkerken, Elizabeth Gertruida |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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