Sexual and marital metaphors in Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel
By: Sharon Moughtin-Mumby.
Series: Oxford theological monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780199239085
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Metaphor in the Bible; Sex in the Bible
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-299) and indexes.