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1 Revelation Preston Clegg Recovering Reclaiming the Book of Revelation for the Church 4

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15 The question is not whether or not we are shaped by images. The question is by what images are we shaped.

16 INTERPRETING HIGHLY SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

17 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

18 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

19 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

20 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

21 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

22 Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive

23 Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code.

24 Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code.

25 Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code.

26 Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code.

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