03199nam 2200613Ia 450 991078224140332120230617010509.01-281-80242-597866118024240-8264-3536-X(CKB)1000000000542200(EBL)436906(OCoLC)276348436(SSID)ssj0000122386(PQKBManifestationID)11135813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122386(PQKBWorkID)10122744(PQKB)11709190(MiAaPQ)EBC436906(Au-PeEL)EBL436906(CaPaEBR)ebr10250874(CaONFJC)MIL180242(OCoLC)893334192(EXLCZ)99100000000054220020040507d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCircumscribing the prostitute[electronic resource] the rhetorics of intertextuality, metaphor and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 /Mary E. ShieldsLondon ;New York T&T Clarkc20041 online resource (201 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;387Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-6999-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 RETURNChapter 9 NEW SIGHTS FROM AN OLD SEER: RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AND JEREMIAH 3.1-4.4Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsIn 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 finalJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;387.Rhetoric in the BibleRhetoric in the Bible.224224.206224/.206Shields Mary E1519378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782241403321Circumscribing the prostitute3757451UNINA