Challenging Empire, Gender, and War in Revelation with Professor Lynn Huber

Send us Fan MailWe welcome New Testament Professor Lynn Huber back to the podcast to discuss how gender switching and the queering of the characters are a central crucial message of the Book of Revelation. In her amazing "Revelation: A Wisdom Commentary," Dr. Huber shows how the author of Revelation, John uses gender to describe, oppose, and mock Roman societal norms. We focus a few passages, such as the Lion of Judah vs. the Wounded Lamb in chapter 5, the Woman Clothed in the Sun vs. the Dragon in chapter 13, the over-the-top everyone-including-the-kitchen-sink Beast and its phallic imagery in chapter 14, and the great prostitute of Babylon in chapter 17, to tell us about John's motivations and our modern feminist interpretations of Revelation. With the war in Iran and the conversation about end times theology, Revelation is in the news and in our conversation. Join us for an insightful, uplifting, and fun discussion.Previous Episode with Lynn: Season 1, Episode 57, August 9, 2025 "Revelation Queerness with Professor Lynn HuberUseful Resources:"Revelation: A Wisdom Commentary" by Lynn R. Huber and Gail R. O'Day, 2023Good use of the Lion and Lamb images:https://characterofgod.org/lion-of-the-tribe-of-judah/Bad use of the Lion and Lamb image: https://hopespringministries.org/2010/12/01/the-lamb-and-the-lion/