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Weems's pioneering study explores the puzzling ways in which the Hebrew prophets' portrayals of divine love, compassion, and conventional commitment often became associated with violence against women. She wrestles with the prophets' rhetoric and provocative metaphors to uncover Israelite social structures, asking, "What is implied about women, men, and God by the language that the prophets use to describe the covenant between Yahweh and Israel?" This pioneering work by a leading African American biblical scholar delves deeply into issues of power, violence, and betrayal, and is a searing indictment of the axial points of Israelite religion, its covenantal and prophetic traditions, and their authority today.
