Pornoprophetics Revisited: Some Additional Reflections
The divine-husband/erring-human-wife metaphor—to be found in Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and other 'prophetic' passages—contains specific images of gendered relations and gendered sexuality. While many scholars tend to mimmize the anti- woman bias of such passages, feminist scholars have rece...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1996
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 1996, Volume: 21, Issue: 70, Pages: 63-86 |
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| Summary: | The divine-husband/erring-human-wife metaphor—to be found in Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and other 'prophetic' passages—contains specific images of gendered relations and gendered sexuality. While many scholars tend to mimmize the anti- woman bias of such passages, feminist scholars have recently highlighted it. This contribution to an on-going debate is an examination of the metaphor and its language of exposure, violence and punishment to expose the religious propaganda and pornography within. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908929602107006 |