Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation

by Lynn R. Huber

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567662616
• ISBN13: 9780567662613
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"