Circumscribing the Prostitute: The Rhetorics of Intertextuality, Metaphor and Gender in Jeremiah 3.1–4.4. By Mary Shields. Pp. x + 184. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 387.) London and New York: T & T Clark International (a Continuum imprint), 2004. isbn 0 8264 6999 X. £55
This is a welcome publication that rewards careful reading. Shields escort the reader through a close reading of Jer. 3:1 – 4:4, paying careful attention to three primary rhetorical strategies: metaphor, intertextuality, and gender. Chapter 1 examines Jer. 3:1–5 and its reuse of Deut. 24:1–4, which...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 582-585 |
| Review of: | Circumscribing the prostitute (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark International, 2004) (Guest, Deryn)
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| Summary: | This is a welcome publication that rewards careful reading. Shields escort the reader through a close reading of Jer. 3:1 – 4:4, paying careful attention to three primary rhetorical strategies: metaphor, intertextuality, and gender. Chapter 1 examines Jer. 3:1–5 and its reuse of Deut. 24:1–4, which has the rhetorical effect of hooking the audience, inviting them to agree that a man cannot remarry a woman he has previously divorced. Then comes the hit: Israel/Wife has gone after many lovers and while the wife may now wish reconciliation with her ‘husband’, the question of Yhwh's willingness to turn and take her back is moot. Chapter 2 continues with the same passage but Shields now demonstrates how the marriage metaphor is grounded in cultural norms of sexuality and gender. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj115 |