The Apocalyptic Lamb and Dragon: From Symbols to Ugly Images
The description of the fantastical lamb and dragon in Rev 5,6 and 12,3-4 is symbolic but also intended to create images which support the characterization of their two allegorical referents. Once one has overcome the difficulty of composing their images from disruptive descriptions, one faces ugly m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2020]
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Biblica
Year: 2020, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 248-271 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Offenbarung des Johannes 5,6
/ Bible. Offenbarung des Johannes 12,3-4
/ Lamb of God
/ Dragon
B Bible / New Testament / Historical background / Apocalypticism / Allegory |
| IxTheo Classification: | BF Gnosticism HC New Testament NBF Christology NBH Angelology; demonology |
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| Summary: | The description of the fantastical lamb and dragon in Rev 5,6 and 12,3-4 is symbolic but also intended to create images which support the characterization of their two allegorical referents. Once one has overcome the difficulty of composing their images from disruptive descriptions, one faces ugly monsters. But the aesthetic of ugliness has different functions with each one: in the dragon, it depicts the supreme evil of an otherworldly being; in the lamb, it discloses a supernatural being in the sphere of the divine. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.101.2.3288265 |