1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00037452

Autore

Pittaluga, Mary

Titolo

Masaccio / Mary Pittaluga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Le Monnier, 1935

Descrizione fisica

196 p., [28] p. di tav. : ill. ; 23 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461065903321

Autore

Huber Lynn R

Titolo

Like a bride adorned [[electronic resource] ] : reading metaphor in John's Apocalypse / / Lynn R. Huber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : T&T Clark International, c2007

ISBN

1-283-19701-4

9786613197016

0-567-34957-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Emory studies in early Christianity

Disciplina

228/.06

Soggetti

Jerusalem in the Bible

Metaphor in the Bible

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Reading through the ""Veil of Obscurity"": Interpreting Revelation's Imagistic Language; 2. KNOWING IS SEEING: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Theories of Metaphor; 3. Envisioning the City as a Woman: A Metaphorical Framework in the Jewish Literary



Traditions; 4. Unveiling the Bride: Nuptial Traditions and Roman Social Discourse; 5. ""Alleluia . . . the wedding of the Lamb has come"": Reading Revelation's Nuptial Imagery; Conclusion ""Like a Bride Adorned"": Reading Metaphor in Revelation

Appendix Babylon-A City without a Bride: Revelation 18:23Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Extrabiblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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 order to gain a

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779916403321

Titolo

Political theory and partisan politics / / editors, Edward Bryan Portis, Adolf G. Gundersen, Ruth Lessl Shively

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-7914-9257-5

0-585-41951-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 226 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues

Altri autori (Persone)

GundersenAdolf G. <1958->

PortisEdward Bryan

ShivelyRuth Lessl

Disciplina

324.7/01

Soggetti

Political science

Politics, Practical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Sommario/riassunto

Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience. This volume redresses this neglect, focusing on the interrelated questions of whether the task of political theory is to find some means of containing partisan politics and whether political theory is itself separate from partisan politics