“They Put Themselves in Danger, Girls Like That”: Ezekiel 16 and Promising Young Woman

This article pairs the worst of the biblical marriage metaphor texts, Ezekiel 16, with a feminist film about sexual violence, Promising Young Woman (2020). Strikingly, the God of Ezekiel 16 acts in ways that closely resemble the would-be rapists and “good guys” of Promising Young Woman. Furthermore,...

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Main Author: Graybill, Rhiannon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2024
In: Interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 221-230
Further subjects:B Bible and Film
B Rape
B Ezekiel 16
B Popular Culture
B Marriage Metaphor
B Feminist Biblical Criticism
B Sexual Violence
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