Title
A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Revelation 2:18–29
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2021
Journal
Neotestamentica
Volume Number
55
Issue Number
2
Page Numbers
243-258
ISSN
2518-4628
Embargo Period
11-1-2022
ANZSRC / FoR Code
5004 Religious studies
Avondale Research Centre
Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
Abstract
This article enlists socio-rhetorical interpretation to analyse and interpret Revelation 2:18–29. The constructs of inner texture, visual texture, intratexture, cultural intertexture, ideological texture and sacred texture are used. New markers, namely, visual, ideological and theological, are introduced to aid in the study of different textures. The inner texture reveals the extensive use of καί. The visual texture highlights the judgments of God against Jezebel and her followers. Intratexture examines the literary, conceptual and thematic connections between Jezebel and Rome, which demonstrates that the historical situation needs to be understood against the backdrop of larger socio-political and theological issues. The cultural intertexture deepens the Old Testament background and points to the story of Jezebel and alludes to Daniel 3:25, 10:6 and Psalm 2:8–9. The sacred texture contends that the cosmic conflict is an important background. The article ends with recommended word changes to the apocalyptic rhetorolect.
Link to publisher version (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0029
Peer Review
Before publication
Recommended Citation
de Waal, K.B. (2021). A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Revelation 2:18–29. Neotestamentica, 55(2), 243-258. doi:10.1353/neo.2021.0029
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