Abstract
M.A. (Bible Studies)
Recent New Testament research has proved that the Apocalypse
should be treated as a full literary text. The application of
narratological insights on plot development. focalisation/point
of view and reader response as well as employing some insights
from the socio-cultural milieu, enables the text as dramatic
narrative to deliver its own message more dynamically. The reader
becomes involved in this dramatic narrative in the performative
use of language.
With this in mind, the structure of Revelation can be compared
with a music composition in three acts. The social context and
rhetorical- situation are functionally reflected in the language
which serves as a catharsis in assuring that God is in control of
church, cosmos and history ...