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Hearing at the Boundaries of Vision

Education Informing Cosmology in Revelation 9

by Dr Sean Michael Ryan

  • Hardback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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This is a creative study of how differing levels of educational attainment may affect ancient hearer's interpretation of the cosmological and visionary imagery of "Revelation 9". This study considers how a significant variable, namely educational-level, might affect an ancient hearer's interpretation of "Revelation 9". This volume focuses on how two hypothetical ancient hearer-constructs, with very different 'mental libraries', may interpret the rich cosmological imagery of "Revelation 9". Part I considers the range of literary texts studied at various points on the circle of enkuklios paideia. Attention is focused on texts that had a particular significance for an ancient student's cosmological knowledge (e.g. Homer, Hesiod, Aratus, Plato). Part II reconstructs the hypothetical responses of two ancient hearer-constructs. The first, HC1, has received only a minimal literary education and adopts a tripartite cosmological model. The second, HC2, by contrast, is the recipient of a tertiary-level education, with a preference for a seven-planetary sphere model, such that he allegorically reinterprets the figures in "Revelation 9" as Aratean constellational figures.This volume concludes by critically comparing the hypothetical responses of HC1 and HC2 with the earliest extant commentators on the Apocalypse (Victorinus, Tyconius, Lactantius, Oecumenius), as well as the intriguing 'Arateans' cited by Hippolytus. Formerly "The Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. "The Early Christianity in Context series", a part of "JSNTS", examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. European Seminar on Christian Origins and "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also part of "JSNTS".
Hearing at the Boundaries of Vision and The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local SettingHearing at the Boundaries of Vision

  • Author

    Dr Sean Michael Ryan

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    February 2012

  • Weight

    586g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567604897

  • ISBN-10

    0567604896

  • Eden Code

    3979466

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