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Name Lynn Huber
Position Professor of Religious Studies
Institutional Affiliation Elon University
Latitude 36.0983
Longitude -79.5115
Research Interests

New Testament and Early Christianity within its Sociopolitical Context, Apocalyptic, Gender and Sex in the Roman World

Websites http://facstaff.elon.edu/lhuber/LHuber/Home.html
Publications

Publications
Current Projects
Revelation in the Wisdom Commentary Series, with Gail R. O’Day. Edited by Barbara Reid.
Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, under contract.
“Gender and Identity in John’s Apocalypse” in The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender,
and Sexuality. Edited by Benjamin Dunning. New York: Oxford University Press, under
contract (completed manuscript submitted).
Books (peer-reviewed)
Thinking and Seeing with Women in Revelation. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. Paperback edition,
2014.
“Like a Bride Adorned”: Reading Metaphor in John’s Apocalypse. New York: T and T Clark, 2007.
Chapter 2, “KNOWING IS SEEING: Theories of Metaphor Ancient, Medieval, and
Modern” reprinted in the Foundations for Socio-Rhetorical Exploration. Edited by
Vernon K. Robbins, Bart Bruehler, and Robert von Thaden. Atlanta: Society of Biblical
Literature, 2016.
Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)
“Making Men in Revelation 2-3: Reading the Seven Messages in the Bath-Gymnasiums of Asia
Minor” in Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays from the Colloquia on Material Culture
and Ancient Religion in Honor of Dennis E. Smith. Edited by Alan Cadwallader. Atlanta,
GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2016.
“Same-sex Relations: New Testament” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender
Studies. Edited by Julia M. O’Brien. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 274-280.
“Satan.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies. New York: Oxford University Press,
2012.
“Gazing at the Whore: Reading Revelation Queerly.” In Bible Trouble: Queer Readings at the
Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship, Semeia Studies. Edited by Teresa Hornsby and Ken
Stone. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. 301-320.
“Unveiling the Bride: Revelation’s Nuptial Imagery and Roman Social Discourse.” In A Feminist
Companion to Apocalyptic Literature, Amy-Jill Levine, ed. Sheffield: Sheffield AP, 2009.
159-179.
“Sexually Explicit? Re-reading Revelation’s 144,000 Virgins as a Response to Roman Social
Discourses.” Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality 2.1 (2008): 3-28.
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Reprinted in The Best of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality, Joseph Gefler, ed.
Gorgias Press, 2010.
Pedagogical Publications (peer-reviewed)
“Mentoring and Collaborating in Undergraduate Research,” with John Lanci. In Teaching
Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies, Rebecca Todd Peters and Bernadette
McNary-Zak, eds. Oxford UP, 2011. 33-49.
“Undergraduate Research in Textual Fields,” with Robin Rinehart. In Teaching Undergraduate
Research in Religious Studies, Rebecca Todd Peters and Bernadette McNary-Zak, eds.
Oxford UP, 2011. 119-127.
“Learning Contracts in Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies.” Religious Studies News
(May 2010):
http://www.rsnonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemi
d=222.
“Teaching the Bible through the Visual Arts,” co-written with Dan E. Clanton. In The Bible,
Popular Culture, and the Arts: Resources for Instructors, Patrick Gray and Mark Roncase,
eds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. 175-186.
“Abstract and Non-Biblical Art.” In The Bible, Popular Culture, and the Arts: Resources for
Instructors, Patrick Gray and Mark Roncase, eds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature,
2007. 229-237.
“Biblical Subjects in Art,” written with Dan E. Clanton and Jane Webster. In The Bible, Popular
Culture, and the Arts: Resources for Instructors, Patrick Gray and Mark Roncase, eds.
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. 187-228.
“The Bible and Art,” written with Dan E. Clanton. SBL Forum (Aug 2008): http://www.sblsite.org/assets/pdfs/TBv2i9_HuberClantonTeachingwithArt.pdf
“Introducing Revelation through the Visual Arts.” In Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for
Classroom Instruction, Patrick Gray and Mark Roncase, eds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical
Literature, 2005. 398-400.
“Anti-Christs and Little Children: Imagining the Johannine Letters.” In Teaching the Bible:
Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, Patrick Gray and Mark Roncase, eds.
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. 386-388.
Book Reviews (peer-reviewed)
Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible
and Related Literature, edited by Luise Schottroff and Marie-Theres Wacker. Review of
Biblical Literature. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, May 2014.
http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/8781_9667.pdf
Network Apocalypse: Visions of the End in an Age of Internet Media edited by Robert Glenn
Howard and Reel Apocalypse: Apocalypse and Film edited by John Walliss and Lee
Quinby. Interpretation, 2014. 108-114.
Transforming Scriptures: African American Women Writers and the Bible by Katherine Clay
Bassard. Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception 1.2 (2011): 438-42.
https://relegere.org/relegere/article/viewFile/551/575
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Revelation (Concordia Popular Commentary) by Louis A. Brighton. Catholic Biblical Quarterly
73.3 (2011): 608-609.
Women in Early Christianity: Translations from Greek Texts edited by Patricia Cox Miller. Review
of Biblical Literature. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, Apr 2006.
http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/4877_5083.pdf
The Significance of Clothing Imagery in the Pauline Corpus by Jung Hoon Kim. Review of Biblical
Literature. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, Oct 2005.
http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/4490_4545.pdf
Popular Media
“Standing with Kate.” Huffington Post, June 24, 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-rhuber/standing-with-kate_b_5526340.html
“#YesAllWomen Awakens the Beast.” Huffington Post, May 26, 2014:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-r-huber/yesallwomen-awakens-thebeast_b_5392889.html
“An Unexpected Servant: The Leadership of Pope Francis (Isaiah 49:1-7).” Huffington Post, Jan
13, 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-r-huber/an-unexpectedservant_b_4590078.html
“Another Year, Another Apocalypse.” Published in the Roanoke Times (VA), (Greensboro, NC)
News & Record, (Durham, NC) Herald Sun, Winston-Salem Journal, (Burlington, NC)
Times News, and Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec 17, 2012.

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