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 andshe articulates a method for exploring how
Revelation employs metaphor to shape an audience's thought. In
order to gain a sense of how metaphorical language works in
Revelation's highly metaphorical text, Like a Bride Adorned:"
Reading Metaphor in John's Apocalypse engages one set of conceptual
metaphors in relation to Revelation's literary and
social-historical milieu. Specifically,Huber explores the
conceptual metaphors undergirding Revelation's nuptial or bridal
imagery. Positioned at the culmination of the text's, nuptial
imagery serves as one the text's final and arguably one of its most
important characterizations of the Christian community. Examining
the function of Revelation's nuptial imagery involves investigating
how the text redeploys conventional metaphorical constructions used
in the writings of the Hebrew prophets and how its imagery engages
Greco-Roman depictions of women, weddings, and brides. Discourse
about marriage and family was such an important part of
Revelation's historical context, especially as it was shaped by the
Roman Empire, that any discussion of the text's nuptial imagery
must examine how it reflects and responds to this discourse. By
addressing these questions, we see that Revelation's nuptial
imagery serves to further the text's goal of shaping Christian
identity in opposition to the social demands of the Roman Empire.
Moreover, exploration of the conceptual metaphors undergirding
Revelation's bride adorned" reveals how John seeks to shape
Christian identity as a transitional identity. Through metaphor,
Revelation encourages its audience to envision the Christian
community as a bride who constructs "her" own identity as she
transitions into a new role in relation to God and the Lamb.
Through the process of exploring Revelation's nuptial imagery with
insights gained from conceptual metaphor theory, we uncover the
ways that John employs metaphorical language to persuade his
audience's thought about themselves and about others. Consequently,
this work contributes both to our understanding of the text's
nuptial imagery and to our knowledge of how Revelation employs
metaphor as tool for persuasion.
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