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Title: Metaphor and Dissonance: A Reinterpretation of Hosea 4:13-14.
Author : Journal of Biblical Literature
Release Date : January 22, 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 209 KB

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Hosea 4:13-14 has long been used as a critical piece of evidence for the practice of so-called sacred prostitution in the ancient Near East. (1) With its blending of cultic language (v. 13: [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], "they make sacrifice," and [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], "they make sacrifices smoke"), sexual language (vv. 13-14: [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], "they prostitute," and [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], "they commit adultery"), and the occurrence of the term [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (qedesot [v. 14], traditionally translated as "sacred prostitutes" or the like (2)), the text has played well into the notion of licentious cultic behavior practiced by Israel's rivals (and apostate Israelites themselves): [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 13