The Strategic Arousal of Emotions in the Apocalypse of John: A Rhetorical-Critical Investigation of the Oracles to the Seven Churches

Heuristic use of classical rhetorical theorists' discussion of appeals to the emotions allows the interpreter to discern the strategic arousal of three principal pairs of emotions in the seven oracles of Revelation: fear and confidence, friendship and enmity, and shame and emulation. While some...

Descrizione completa

Salvato in:  
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: DeSilva, David A. 1967- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
Verificare la disponibilità: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 2008
In: New Testament studies
Anno: 2008, Volume: 54, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 90-114
Altre parole chiave:B Seven churches
B Revelation
B Letters
B Rhetoric
Accesso online: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Edizione parallela:Non elettronico
Descrizione
Riepilogo:Heuristic use of classical rhetorical theorists' discussion of appeals to the emotions allows the interpreter to discern the strategic arousal of three principal pairs of emotions in the seven oracles of Revelation: fear and confidence, friendship and enmity, and shame and emulation. While some of these emotional responses are evoked in multiple oracles, certain ones tend to be more fully nurtured in particular oracles, being more strategic to achieving the speaker's specific goals for the audiences in those settings. John gives attention to the multiple dimensions of appeals to emotion as discussed by Aristotle (nurturing the frame of mind that is disposed to that particular emotion, identifying particular ‘others’ in regard to whom that emotion is rightly directed, and inscribing situations that naturally give rise to that emotion).
ISSN:1469-8145
Comprende:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688508000064