The Prostitute and the Prophet - Hosea's Marriage in Literary-Theoretical Perspective (Paperback, NIPPOD)

The only consensus that has been reached on Hosea 1-3 is that it is a notoriously 'problematic' text. Sherwood unpicks this rather vague statement by examining the particular complexities of the text and frictions between the text and reader that conspire to produce such a disorientating effect. Four dimensions of the 'problem' are considered: the conflict between text and reader over the 'improper' relationship between Hosea and Gomer; the bizarre prophetic sign-language that conscripts people into a cosmic charade; the text's propensity to subvert its central theses; and the emergent tensions between the feminist reader and the text. Aiming to bring together literary criticism and biblical scholarship, this book provides lucid introductions to ideological criticism, semiotics, deconstruction and feminist criticism, and looks at the implications of these approaches not only for the book of Hosea but for biblical studies in general.>

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Yvonne Sherwood
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	357
Edition:	NIPPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-1714-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4411-1714-8
Barcode:	9781441117144

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