Hearing at the boundaries of vision : education informing cosmology in Revelation 9

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    • Ryan, Sean Michael

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Hearing at the boundaries of vision : education informing cosmology in Revelation 9

Sean Michael Ryan

(Library of New Testament studies / editor, Mark Goodacre, 448)(T & T Clark library of Biblical studies)

T & T Clark International, c2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-248) and indexes

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内容説明

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".

目次

  • Chapter 1: Focus, Aims & Methodology
  • Part I: Graeco-Roman Education & Cosmology
  • Chapter 2: Enkuklios Paideia in the Graeco-Roman World: Content & Variables
  • Chapter 3: Graeco-Roman Cosmology: Three Templates
  • Part II: Education Informing Cosmology in Revelation 9: Two Ancient Hearer-Construct Models
  • Chapter 4: Test-Case: Revelation 9
  • Chapter 5: Hearer-Construct One (HC1)
  • Chapter 6: Hearer-Construct Two (HC2)
  • Chapter 7: Testing the Model: Ancient Hearer's Responses to Revelation 9
  • Conclusion.

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