Sexual and marital metaphors in Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel
Sharon Moughtin-Mumby explores metaphor as a tool of persuasion in the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. She emphasises the importance of context and challenges previous scholarship which has read such language in terms of the concept of 'the marriage metaphor' and the hypothetical back...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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| Series: | Oxford theological monographs / Oxford theological monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Sharon Moughtin-Mumby explores metaphor as a tool of persuasion in the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. She emphasises the importance of context and challenges previous scholarship which has read such language in terms of the concept of 'the marriage metaphor' and the hypothetical background of cultic prostitution |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 314 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191716560 0191716561 |