Hearing at the Boundaries of Vision: Education Informing Cosmology in Revelation 9

by Sean Michael Ryan

Book Overview

This study considers how a significant variable, namely level of literary education (enkuklios paideia), 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.

The first, ancient hearer-construct (HC1), the recipient of a minimal literary education, retains a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567222160
• ISBN13: 9780567222169
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"