Circumscribing the prostitute : the rhetorics of intertexuality, metaphor, and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 / Mary E. Shields.

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 b...

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Main Author: Shields, Mary E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 387.
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