Like a bride adorned : reading metaphor in John's Apocalypse /
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Author / Creator: | Huber, Lynn R. |
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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 |
ISBN: | 9780567349576 0567349578 1283197014 9781283197014 9780567026743 0567026744 9786613197016 6613197017 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and indexes. English. Print version record. |
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 |
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