| Circumscribing the Prostitute Contributor(s): Shields, Mary E. (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 082646999X ISBN-13: 9780826469991 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $227.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: In Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 the prophet employs the image of Israel as God's unfaithful wife, who acts like a postitute. 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 chapter, it is in the end the rhetoric of gender that actually constructs the text, providing the frame, the warp and woof, of the entire tapestry, and thus the prophet's primary means of persuasion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 224.206 |
| LCCN: 2004275330 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.4" W x 9.42" (0.97 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 chapter, it is in the end the rhetoric of gender that actually constructs the text, providing the frame, the warp and woof, of the entire tapestry, and thus the prophet's primary means of persuasion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Camp, Claudia V.: - Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles. |