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Subject(s)

• Bible O.T. Hosea I-III—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible O.T. Hosea I-III—Feminist criticism [Browse]
• Hosea (Biblical prophet) [Browse]

Series

• Gender, culture, theory ; 2. [More in this series]
• Gender, culture, theory ; 2 [More in this series]
• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; 212

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

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

Language note

English

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

ISBN

• 1-281-81376-1
• 9786611813765
• 0-567-38358-X

OCLC

• 287028632
• 893334191

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