Million Dollar Baby by Patricia Ryan
Sharon Moughtin-Mumby explores the complex, and potentially subversive, power of metaphor as a tool of persuasion in the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. Often, such language is used to speak of the worship of gods other than Yhwh, of undesirable cultic practices, or of political alliances with foreign nations. Evaluating several schools of language and biblical criticism, including a traditional approach, a feminist critique and a literary-historical investigation, Moughtin-Mumby brings lucid new readings with a fresh perspective to these dramatic texts. The study emphasizes the importance of context for understanding metaphorical meaning and challenges previous scholarship which has read such language in terms of the traditional concept of the marriage metaphor and the hypothetical background of cultic prostitution.
Patricia Ryan, a.k.a. P.B. Ryan, is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen novels, including the #1 national bestseller Still Life with Murder. Pat's books have garnered rave reviews and been published in over twenty countries. She is currently writing book 1 of a spin-off of the Nell Sweeney mystery series. Visit her at pb-ryan.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780373259069 |
| ISBN 10 | 0373259069 |
| Title | Million Dollar Baby |
| Author | Patricia Ryan |
| Series | Harlequin Temptation |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harlequin Books |
| Year published | 2000-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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