Like a bride adorned : reading metaphor in John's Apocalypse /

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Author / Creator:Huber, Lynn R.
Imprint:New York : T & T Clark International, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 221 pages)
Language:English
Series:Emory studies in early Christianity ; [10]
Emory studies in early Christianity ; vol. 10.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262816
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ISBN:9780567349576
0567349578
1283197014
9781283197014
9780567026743
0567026744
9786613197016
6613197017
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and indexes.
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Summary:The phrase "like a bride adorned" is one of the ways Revelation describes the new Jerusalem which descends from heaven.€ This phrase can also be read as describing one of the ways interpreters historically have understood the relationship between Revelation and its metaphorical language.€ In contrast to views that suggest Revelation's metaphorical language is simple adornment, Huber argues that Revelation's persuasive power resides within the text's metaphorical nature and€she articulates a method for exploring how Revelation employs metaphor to shape an audience's thought. In o.
Other form:Print version: Huber, Lynn R. Like a bride adorned. New York : T & T Clark International, ©2007 9780567026743