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Like a bride adorned : reading metaphor in John's Apocalypse /
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.€...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
T & T Clark International,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Emory studies in early Christianity ;
vol. 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567349576 0567349578 1283197014 9781283197014 9786613197016 6613197017 |