Circumscribing the prostitute [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetorics of intertextuality, metaphor and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 / / Mary E. Shields
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Shields Mary E
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Circumscribing the prostitute [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetorics of intertextuality, metaphor and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 / / Mary E. Shields
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 224 |
| 224.206 | |
| 224/.206 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Rhetoric in the Bible |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Circumscribing the prostitute |
| ISBN: | 1-281-80242-5 |
| 9786611802424 | |
| 0-8264-3536-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782241403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 387.