Title: Ekphrasis, vision, and persuasion in the Book of Revelation
Description: Robyn. J. Whitaker interprets the Book of Revelation within the context of ancient rhetoric and religion. She argues that the author of Revelation uses a popular rhetorical tool, ekphrasis, to paint word-pictures of God that compete with material images to both critique image-making and simultaneously make an absent God present.
Subjects: Rhetoric, Commentaries, Openbaring van Johannes (bijbelboek), Rhetorik, Bibel, Bible, Bibeln, Stijlfiguren, Retorica, Criticism, interpretation, Ekphrasis, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc.