Battered Love Karen A. Pomerinke Boyd argues that we must

Boyd argues that we must take seriously the full range of Scripture as inspired

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Battered Love Karen A. Pomerinke Boyd argues that we mustWeems's pioneering study explores the puzzling ways in which the Hebrew prophets' portrayals of divine love, compassion, and conventional commitment often became associated with battery, infidelity, and the rape and mutilation of women. She wrestles with the prophets' rhetoric and sexual 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