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Paratexts and the reception history of the apocalypse

Allen, Garrick (2019) Paratexts and the reception history of the apocalypse. Journal of Theological Studies, 70 (2). pp. 600-632. ISSN 0022-5185

Abstract
Biblical scholarship usually engages with reconstructed texts without taking into account the form and material culture of the manuscripts that transmit the texts used in reconstruction. This article examines the influence of paratexts on biblical studies and reception history, using the book of Revelation as a test case, in an effort to rediscover the significance of transmission for comprehending the ways in which past reading communities engaged their scriptural traditions. The liminal features of manuscripts that are often ignored in modern editions are an integral part of the artefact that influence and control a text’s reading. This study argues that paratexts represent an underdeveloped resource for reception history, insofar as the relationship between text and paratext is rarely taken into consideration by modern interpreters. Ultimately, I argue that material culture, textual transmission, reception history, and exegesis are integrally linked processes.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Theology, Philosophy, & Music
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jts/flz092
Copyright Information:© 2019 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Theological Studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:22651
Deposited On:26 Nov 2019 16:47 by Garrick Allen . Last Modified 01 Feb 2023 20:48
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