| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford theological monographs |
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Oxford theological monographs.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Hosea 4-14; 2. Jeremiah 2: 1-4: 4; 3. Isaiah; 4. Ezekiel 16 and 23; 5. Hosea 1-3; Conclusions; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Sharon Moughtin-Mumby considers the often unrecognised impact of different approaches to metaphor on readings of the prophtic sexual and marital metaphorical language. She outlines a practical and consciously simplified approach to metaphor, placing strong emphasis on the influence of literary context on metaphorical meaning. Drawing on this approach, she read Hosea 4-14, Jeremiah 2:1-4:4, Isaiah, Ezekiel 16 and 23, and Hosea 1-3 with fresh eyes. Her lucid new readings reveal the way in which scholarship has repeatedly stifled the prophetic metaphorical language by reading it within the 'defaul |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Prophets fast |
| Subject |
Metaphor in the Bible.
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Sex in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Prophets.
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Metaphor in the Bible
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Sex in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191528835 |
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0191528838 |
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