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Document Details : Title: The Apocalyptic Lamb and Dragon Subtitle: From Symbols to Ugly Images Author(s): PORTALATÍN, Antonio Journal: Biblica Volume: 101 Issue: 2 Date: 2020 Pages: 248-271 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.101.2.3288265 Abstract : 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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