Argument is war: relevance-theoretic comprehension of the conceptual metaphor of war in the Apocalypse
"In Argument is War: Relevance-Theoretic Comprehension of the Conceptual Metaphor of War in the Apocalypse, Clifford T. Winters demonstrates that the apparent war in the Apocalypse is rather telling the story of the gospel: how Christ will restore Israel and, through them, the rest of the world...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Linguistic biblical studies (volume 18)
Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Linguistic biblical studies
volume 18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Revelation
/ War
/ Metaphor
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Revelation
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Metaphor in the Bible B War Biblical teaching |
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| Summary: | "In Argument is War: Relevance-Theoretic Comprehension of the Conceptual Metaphor of War in the Apocalypse, Clifford T. Winters demonstrates that the apparent war in the Apocalypse is rather telling the story of the gospel: how Christ will restore Israel and, through them, the rest of the world. When Revelation is viewed through the corrective lens of cognitive linguistics, its violence becomes victory, its violent characters become Christ, and its bloody end becomes the blessed beginning of the New Jerusalem. Revelation is simply telling the story of the early church (the Gospels and Acts) to the early church, and it is using a conceptual metaphor ('ARGUMENT IS WAR') to do it"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004435735 |