LEADER 03199nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910782241403321 005 20230617010509.0 010 $a1-281-80242-5 010 $a9786611802424 010 $a0-8264-3536-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542200 035 $a(EBL)436906 035 $a(OCoLC)276348436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10122744 035 $a(PQKB)11709190 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250874 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180242 035 $a(OCoLC)893334192 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542200 100 $a20040507d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCircumscribing the prostitute$b[electronic resource] $ethe rhetorics of intertextuality, metaphor and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 /$fMary E. Shields 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT&T Clark$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v387 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-6999-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 9 NEW SIGHTS FROM AN OLD SEER: RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AND JEREMIAH 3.1-4.4Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors 330 $aIn Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 the prophet employs the image of Israel as God's unfaithful wife, who acts like a prostitute. The entire passage is a rich and complex rhetorical tapestry designed to convince the people of Israel of the error of their political and religious ways, and their need to change before it is too late. As well as metaphor and gender, another important thread in the tapestry is intertextuality, according to which the historical, political and social contexts of both author and reader enter into dialogue and thus produce different interpretations. But, as Shields shows in her final 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v387. 606 $aRhetoric in the Bible 615 0$aRhetoric in the Bible. 676 $a224 676 $a224.206 676 $a224/.206 700 $aShields$b Mary E$01519378 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782241403321 996 $aCircumscribing the prostitute$93757451 997 $aUNINA