This collection of articles is tightly focused on metaphors in the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible and their later afterlife in Jewish and Christian texts. The essays deal with a wide range of historical, literary, and methodological issues. First, several contributions employ metaphor theo
Queer Theory and the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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