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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453197503321

Autore

Sherwood Yvonne

Titolo

The prostitute and the prophet [[electronic resource] ] : Hosea's marriage in literary-theoretical perspective / / Yvonne Sherwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81376-1

9786611813765

0-567-38358-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Gender, culture, theory ; ; 2

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; ; 212

Disciplina

224/.6064

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-348) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: PROBLEM TEXTS AND PROBLEM PLAYS; Chapter 1 THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING PROSTITUTE: A RESPONSE TO SOME RESPONSES TO HOSEA 1.2; Chapter 2 'SIGN LANGUAGE': A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 3 DERRIDA AMONG THE PROPHETS: A DECONSTRUCTIVE READING OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 4 GOMER'S MARRIAGE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Conclusion: THE SENSE OF A (NON) ENDING; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The only consensus that has been reached on Hosea 1-3 is that it is a notoriously 'problematic' text. Sherwood unpicks this rather vague statement by examining the particular complexities of the text and frictions between the text and reader that conspire to produce such a disorientating effect. Four dimensions of the 'problem' are considered: the conflict between text and reader over the 'improper' relationship between Hosea and Gomer; the bizarre prophetic sign-language that conscripts people into a cosmic charade; the text's propensity to subvert its central theses; and the emergent tension