Reading Revelation for Its Plot

doi:10.1017/9781108888882.017

16 - Reading Revelation for Its Plot

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2025

David L. Barr

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Keith Bodner

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Keith Bodner: Affiliation:
Crandall University, Canada

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Summary

Full of allusions and images derived from the Garden of Eden, dreams of Daniel, and schematics of Ezekiel’s temple, and populated with rebooted characters like Balaam and Jezebel, this concluding chapter addresses the question of whether an overarching narrative arc can be discerned in the Bible’s final book.

Keywords

Revelation chiasm rhetoric

Type: Chapter
Information: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative , pp. 308 - 322

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.017 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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