Queer Theory and the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible

McWilliam (theology, U. of Exeter) has made only minor corrections and literature updates to his 2006 PhD dissertation for the University of Exeter. In it, he subjects the sexual imagery used to describe the relationship between Yhwh and Judah/Israel--the marriage metaphor--in Jeremiah, Hosea, and Ezekiel to critique through the lens of queer studies. His topics include feminist and queer biblical encounters, whether the Israelites are male, queering Jeremiah, the unmanning of Hosea, the methodological potential of camp, and queering Ezekiel. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stuart Macwilliam is a lecturer in the Department of Theology at the University of Exeter. He teaches Biblical Hebrew and New Testament Greek, and continues to develop his research interest in queer theory and the Hebrew Bible, working at present on such diverse topics as male beauty, Queen Athaliah and eunuchs.