Challenging prophetic metaphor
Subtitle: theology and ideology in the prophets
By: Julia M. O'Brien.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780664229641
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- O.T. -- Prophets -- Feminist criticism; Metaphor in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prophetic theology : a brief history of interpretation; title: The challenge of feminist criticism of the prophets; title: Another way of doing theology; title: God as (abusing) husband; title: God as (authoritarian) father; title: God as warrior; title: Jerusalem as daughter; title: Edom as brother.