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Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation

Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation 440 Book Reviews / Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 418-527 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/156851510X503181 Seeing Th ings John’s Way: Th e Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation . By David A. deSilva. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. Pp. xiv + 393. Interweaving contemporary biblical scholarship about the Book of Revelation with classical rhetorical handbooks, David A. deSilva amply demonstrates that the Book of Revelation, and apocalyptic literature more generally, can be approached as a classical rhetorical genre. According to deSilva, one of Revelation’s main rhetorical objectives is “to foster critical distance from Roman imperial,” ideological, economic, politi- cal, and social practices while “witness[ing] to the ways in which those practices and that ideology stand opposed to the honor and loyalty due to the One God and to the realization of that God’s desires for human community” (90). DeSilva contends that Revelation’s overarching rhetorical goal is accomplished through a complex and variegated deployment of classical rhetorical strategies. While this book focuses upon, and makes a case for, reading Revelation through classical rhetoric, deSilva acknowledges that there are limits to its applicability. Rev- elation, after all, is not a letter or a straightforward example of classical rhetorical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblical Interpretation Brill

Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation

Hidalgo, Jacqueline
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 18 (4-5): 440 – Jan 1, 2010
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440 Book Reviews / Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 418-527 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/156851510X503181 Seeing Th ings John’s Way: Th e Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation . By David A. deSilva. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. Pp. xiv + 393. Interweaving contemporary biblical scholarship about the Book of Revelation with classical rhetorical handbooks, David A. deSilva amply demonstrates that the Book of Revelation, and apocalyptic literature more generally, can be approached as a classical rhetorical genre. According to deSilva, one of Revelation’s main rhetorical objectives is “to foster critical distance from Roman imperial,” ideological, economic, politi- cal, and social practices while “witness[ing] to the ways in which those practices and that ideology stand opposed to the honor and loyalty due to the One God and to the realization of that God’s desires for human community” (90). DeSilva contends that Revelation’s overarching rhetorical goal is accomplished through a complex and variegated deployment of classical rhetorical strategies. While this book focuses upon, and makes a case for, reading Revelation through classical rhetoric, deSilva acknowledges that there are limits to its applicability. Rev- elation, after all, is not a letter or a straightforward example of classical rhetorical

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