TY  - GEN
AU  - SCMIDT, John J
TI  - Gender correctness and biblical metaphors: The case of God's relation to Israel
SN  - 0146 1079
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Jamaica
PB  - Biblical theology Bulletin Inc
KW  - Women in the bible
KW  - Gender in the bible
N2  - The marital imagery in the Bible has often been understood as a direct reference to the marriage of God and Israel. Close analysis of the biblical texts involved shows the inexactness of this analysis. The wife of God is always a city. Cities, especially capital cities, receive many different feminine roles, while Israel, the people, receives only masculine roles. Neither OT nor NT allows for the traditional misunderstanding. Precision in reading leads to a more balanced interpretation in which biblical marital imagery is not the central metaphor of the Bible
ER  -