Like a bride adorned
Subtitle: reading metaphor in John's Apocalypse
By: Lynn R. Huber.
Series: Emory studies in early Christianity -- [10]; Emory studies in early Christianity -- v. 10.
Publisher: T&T Clark International
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780567026743
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Jerusalem in the Bible; Metaphor in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-215) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Reading through the "veil of obscurity" : interpreting Revelation's imagistic language; title: Knowing is seeing : ancient, medieval, and modern theories of metaphor; title: Envisioning the city as a woman : a metaphorical framework in the Jewish literary traditions; title: Unveiling the bride : nuptial traditions and Roman social discourse; title: "Alleluia, the wedding of the Lamb has come" : reading Revelation's nuptial imagery; title: Conclusion : "Like a bride adorned" : reading metaphor in Revelation; title: Appendix : Babylon : a city without a bride : Revelation 18:23.