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Circumscribing the prostitute : the rhetorics of intertexuality, metaphor, and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 /
In Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 the prophet employs the image of Israel as God's unfaithful wife, who acts like a prostitute. The entire passage is a rich and complex rhetorical tapestry designed to convince the people of Israel of the error of their political and religious ways, and their need to change b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark International,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
387. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 the prophet employs the image of Israel as God's unfaithful wife, who acts like a prostitute. The entire passage is a rich and complex rhetorical tapestry designed to convince the people of Israel of the error of their political and religious ways, and their need to change before it is too late. As well as metaphor and gender, another important thread in the tapestry is intertextuality, according to which the historical, political and social contexts of both author and reader enter into dialogue and thus produce different interpretations. But, as Shields shows in her final. |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Emory University, 1996. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-175) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780826435361 082643536X |