The prostitute and the prophet : Hosea's marriage in literary-theoretical perspective / Yvonne Sherwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherwood, Yvonne.

Series:

Gender, culture, theory ; 2.

Gender, culture, theory ; 2

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; 212

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hosea (Biblical prophet).

Hosea.

Bible. O.T. Hosea I-III--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. O.T. Hosea I-III--Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 tension

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: PROBLEM TEXTS AND PROBLEM PLAYS; Chapter 1 THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING PROSTITUTE: A RESPONSE TO SOME RESPONSES TO HOSEA 1.2; Chapter 2 'SIGN LANGUAGE': A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 3 DERRIDA AMONG THE PROPHETS: A DECONSTRUCTIVE READING OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 4 GOMER'S MARRIAGE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Conclusion: THE SENSE OF A (NON) ENDING; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-348) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611813765

9781281813763

1281813761

9780567383587

056738358X

OCLC:

287028632