Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Lynn R. Huber has gradually made her way east to North Carolina.  After studying philosophy at Nortwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho and spending time working at Liberation Community, a non-profit, urban ministry in Fort Worth, Texas, Lynn went to Atlanta, Georgia to study at Candler School of Theology at Emory University.  After time in seminary, Lynn decided to continue her studies at Emory in the field of New Testament studies, where she began working on the Book of Revelation, using the tools of rhetroical analysis and conceptual metaphor theory.  She defended her dissertation on April Fool's Day in 2004 and began teaching at Elon later that year. 

Dr. Huber's teaching focuses primarily on the New Testament and early Christian history.  She teaches Introduction to the New Testament and Early Christian literature, as well as courses focusing upon the emerging Christian community's literature within the context of Second Temple Judaism.  Her research focuses primarily on the Book of Revelation, as well as exploring the construction of gender, sexuality and virginity in the early Christian context, the rhetorical use of metaphor, and the ways that apocalyptic texts prompt audiences to visualize.

Ph.D., awarded with distinction (New Testament and Early Christianity), Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2004.

M.Div., magna cum laude, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1996.

B.A., magna cum laude (Philosophy), Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID, 1992.

REL 110 Religion in a Global Context, WG 

REL 212 Introduction to the New Testament and Early Christian Literature

REL 326 Sex Lives of Saints: Sex, Gender and Family in Early Christianity

REL 327 Messiahs, Martyrs, and Memory

REL 325  The Apocalyptic Imagination, Ancient and Modern

GST 222 IS:  Italy’s Heritage: Past is Present (Winter Term in Italy), co-taught with Evan Gatti, Art History

Acting Director of the Elon Center for the Study of Religion.

Unveiling the Bride of the Apocalypse: Revelation, Metaphor and Gender in Medieval and Modern Visions. 
Under contract with T and T Clark.

Book

“Like a Bride Adorned”:  Reading Metaphor in John’s Apocalypse.  New York:  T and T Clark, 2007.

Essays and Articles

“Satan.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Biblical Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

“Mentoring and Collaborating in Undergraduate Research,” written with John Lanci.  In Teaching Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies, Rebecca Todd Peters and Bernadette McNary-Zak, eds.  Oxford UP, 2011

“Undergraduate Research in Textual Fields,” written with Robin Rinehart. In Teaching Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies, Rebecca Todd Peters and Bernadette McNary-Zak, eds.  Oxford UP, 2011.

“Gazing at the Whore:  Reading Revelation Queerly.” In Bible Trouble:  Queer Readings at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship, Semeia Studies, Teresa Hornsby and Ken Stone, eds..  Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“Visual 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.

“The Bible and Art,” written with Dan E. Clanton.  SBL Forum (Aug. 2008): http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/SBLForum.aspx.

“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.

“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.

Elon College of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2008.