The Rhetorical Force of the Divine Feminine: An Assessment of the Feminine Imagery of Yhwh in Deutero-Isaiah

This article is an investigation of the feminine imagery used to describe Yhwh in Isa 42:14; 46:3-4; and 49:14-15. The metaphors employed in these verses are unique in biblical literature—a woman giving birth, an expectant mother, and maternal care and attention—in that they describe a demonstrably...

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Main Author: Greene, Nathaniel E. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America 2023
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-236
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Jesaja 40-55 / Gender
B Metaphor
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Exilic period
B Hebrew Poetry
B Conceptual Metaphor Theory
B Deutero-Isaiah
B Gender
B Isaiah
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