Aberrant Textuality? The Case of Ezekiel the (Porno) Prophet
‘Pornoprophetic’ readings of the unfaithful wife metaphors in Hosea 1–3, Jeremiah 2 and 3, and Ezekiel 16 and 23 criticise them as misogynistic texts that express and perpetuate negative images of women and their sexuality. This study seeks to present an evangelical response to Athalya Brenner and F...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2008
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Tyndale bulletin
Ano: 2008, Volume: 59, Número: 1, Páginas: 53-76 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Ethics
B hermeneutics. misogyny B ezekiel B Violence B hosea B Prophets B Minor Prophets B Old Testament B jeremiah |
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| Resumo: | ‘Pornoprophetic’ readings of the unfaithful wife metaphors in Hosea 1–3, Jeremiah 2 and 3, and Ezekiel 16 and 23 criticise them as misogynistic texts that express and perpetuate negative images of women and their sexuality. This study seeks to present an evangelical response to Athalya Brenner and Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes’ pornoprophetic reading of Ezekiel 16 and 23. I outline their claims and supporting arguments, including their assertion that the texts constitute pornographic propaganda which shapes and distorts women’s (sexual) experience in the interests of male (sexual) power. I argue that both their underlying methods and assumptions and their specific claims are flawed, and so their claims should be rejected. While acknowledging the offensive power of the texts, I conclude that alternative explanations such as the violence of Israel’s judgement and the offensive nature of Jerusalem’s sin account better for the features of the texts which they find problematic. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.29247 |
