Intertextuality, Apocalypticism, and Covenant: The Rhetorical Force of the New Jerusalem in Rev 21:9-22:5
The culminating text of the Christian canon, Rev 21-22, is a key text for the church’s articulation of its eschatological hope. This paper argues that in Rev 21:9-22:5 John draws on the prophetic theme of covenant renewal and the attendant conception of the identity and character of God’s covenant p...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Brill
2016
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Horizons in biblical theology
Έτος: 2016, Τόμος: 38, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 45-73 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Revelation
apocalypticism
covenant
intertextuality
rhetoric
New Jerusalem
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Σύνοψη: | The culminating text of the Christian canon, Rev 21-22, is a key text for the church’s articulation of its eschatological hope. This paper argues that in Rev 21:9-22:5 John draws on the prophetic theme of covenant renewal and the attendant conception of the identity and character of God’s covenant people to reinforce in a new context that same conception of the identity of God’s people, though reimagined in light of the life and resurrection of the Lamb. The author is making a claim on his audience’s identity as the locus of the fulfilment of the prophetic hope of covenant renewal. Using the tools of rhetorical analysis and intertextuality, I thus argue that the New Jerusalem image is not an articulation of the future dwelling place of God’s people; rather, the New Jerusalem image is a call to discipleship anchored in the prophetic hope of covenant renewal. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Horizons in biblical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341315 |