Like a Bride Adorned : Reading Metaphor in John's Apocalypse.
Title:
Like a Bride Adorned : Reading Metaphor in John's Apocalypse.
Author:
Huber, Lynn R.
ISBN:
9780567349576
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Series:
Emory Studies in Early Christianity
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Editorial Board -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Reading through the "Veil of Obscurity": Interpreting Revelation's Imagistic Language -- 2. KNOWING IS SEEING: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Theories of Metaphor -- 3. Envisioning the City as a Woman: A Metaphorical Framework in the Jewish Literary Traditions -- 4. Unveiling the Bride: Nuptial Traditions and Roman Social Discourse -- 5. "Alleluia . . . the wedding of the Lamb has come": Reading Revelation's Nuptial Imagery -- Conclusion "Like a Bride Adorned": Reading Metaphor in Revelation -- Appendix Babylon-A City without a Bride: Revelation 18:23 -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical and Extrabiblical References -- Index of Authors.
Abstract:
This book engages one set of conceptual metaphors in relation to Revelation's literary and social-historical milieu.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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