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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453708003321

Autore

Shields Mary E

Titolo

Circumscribing the prostitute [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetorics of intertextuality, metaphor and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 / / Mary E. Shields

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80242-5

9786611802424

0-8264-3536-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 387

Disciplina

224

224.206

224/.206

Soggetti

Rhetoric in the Bible

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 INTERTEXTUALITY AS ALLUSION: A FIRST READING OF JEREMIAH 3.1-5; Chapter 2 GENDER CONSTRUCTION AND INTERTEXTUALITY OF CULTURE: A SECOND READING OF JEREMIAH 3.1-5; Chapter 3 JEREMIAH 3.6-11: A NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION OF JEREMIAH 3.1-5; Chapter 4 JEREMIAH 3.12-13: THE IMPOSSIBLE MADE POSSIBLE; Chapter 5 JEREMIAH 3.14-18: A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE; Chapter 6 JEREMIAH 3.19-20: SET AMONG THE SONS-ISRAEL AS FAITHLESS DAUGHTER; Chapter 7 JEREMIAH 3.21-25: A LITURGY OF REPENTANCE; Chapter 8 JEREMIAH 4.1-4: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN

Chapter 9 NEW SIGHTS FROM AN OLD SEER: RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AND JEREMIAH 3.1-4.4Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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