02896nam 2200589Ia 450 991045319750332120200520144314.01-281-81376-197866118137650-567-38358-X(CKB)1000000000551985(EBL)436905(OCoLC)287028632(SSID)ssj0000341927(PQKBManifestationID)12062188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341927(PQKBWorkID)10395917(PQKB)10698661(MiAaPQ)EBC436905(Au-PeEL)EBL436905(CaPaEBR)ebr10256273(CaONFJC)MIL181376(OCoLC)893334191(EXLCZ)99100000000055198519960312d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe prostitute and the prophet[electronic resource] Hosea's marriage in literary-theoretical perspective /Yvonne SherwoodSheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19961 online resource (361 p.)Gender, culture, theory ;2Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ;212Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-1714-8 1-85075-581-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-348) and indexes.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 AuthorsThe 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 tensionGender, culture, theory ;2.Electronic books.224/.6064Sherwood Yvonne913123MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453197503321The prostitute and the prophet2045574UNINA