TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeSilva,David Arthur
TI  - Seeing things John's way: the rhetoric of the book of Revelation 
SN  - 9780664224493
AV  - BS2825.D457.S445 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Louisville, Kentucky
PB  - Westminster John Knox Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Revelation
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 1 (pages 351-364) and indexes; "Favored are those who read" : orientations to Revelation in the history of interpretation  --; The rhetorical setting of Revelation : seven congregations in the Roman province of Asia  --; What does John really want? The rhetorical goals of Revelation  --; "What is and what will be hereafter" : the cosmos according to John  --; Why should we listen to John? The construction of ethos in Revelation  --; Stealing authority? John's use of the Hebrew Bible  --; The strategic arousal of emotions in the oracles to the seven churches  --; "I saw a monster rising up!" : appeals to pathos in the visions of Revelation  --; Appeals to rational argument (logos) in Revelation : the seven oracles  --; Argumentation in John's visions : Revelation 14:6-13 as focal summary of main points  --; Literary logic in Revelation : rational argument through narrative and intertexture  --; John's vision beyond the Roman world : what might the Spirit continue to say to the churches?; 2
ER  -