Abstract:The wedding celebration that concludes the book of Revelation alludes to the previous death not only of the bridegroom ("the Lamb that was slain) but also of the martyrs, who appear both as wedding guests and, collectively, the bride. The familiar event of a wedding serves as a foundation for articulating a vision of the future that is posited as both previously promised and sharply different from the present. The book's nuptial finale draws on the conventional associations of weddings with regeneration and ha… Show more
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