Israel's Open Sore in the Book of Jeremiah
The incurable sore that plagues Israel throughout the book of Jeremiah is a complex, rhetorically powerful image laden with theological import. Whether marking a diseased or a disabled body, the image of the incurable sore manifests the Bible's general attitudes toward the body and, more specif...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2016]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-263 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jeremiah
/ Israel (Antiquity)
/ Wound
/ Infection
/ Metaphor
/ Relationship to God
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IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Bible. Jeremiah
B Corruption B Prophets B MERCY of God B Suffering B EMOTIONAL conditioning |
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