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Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation

Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation

Huber, Lynn R.

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Series: Library of New Testament Studies, Book 475

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567662616
ISBN13: 9780567662613
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Mar 26 2015
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Lynn R. Huber argues that the visionary aspect of Revelation, with its use of metaphorical thinking and language, is the crux of the text's persuasive power. Emerging from a context that employs imagery to promote imperial mythologies, Revelation draws upon a long tradition of using feminine imagery as a tool of persuasion. It does so even while shaping a community identity in contrast to the dominant culture and in exclusive relationship with the Lamb.

By drawing upon the work of medieval and modern visionaries, Huber answers a call to examine the way 'real' readers engage with biblical texts. Revealing how Revelation continues to persuade audiences through appeals to the visual and provocative imagery she offers a new sense of how the text metaphorical language simultaneously limits and invites new meaning, unfurling a range of interpretations.

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