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Defining the Metaphor of the City as Wife The Metaphor of the City as Wife : Developing a Working defenition Models of Metaphors Narrative Metaphor in Ezekiel 16 and 23 Previous Work on Metaphor in Ezekiel Backgrounds : The Metaphor of the City as Wife in the Ancient Near East The Marriage Metaphor In The OT Exclusive of Ezekiel OT Usage of the Near Eastern Metaphor : Some Essential Changes The Marriage Metaphor in Extraprophetic Texts The Marriae Metaphor in the Prophets Distinctive Characteristics of Marriage Metaphor in the Prophetic Books Personification of Foreign Cities as Women Isaiah Nahum Deutero-Isaiah Personification of the Capital City as Yahweh`s Wife in the Prophets The Marriage Metaphor in Hosea The City as Yahweh`s Wife in Isaiah The City as Yahweh`s Wife in Jeremiah The City as Yahweh`s Wife in Lamentations and Deutero-Isaiah Ezekiel`s Distinctive Use of the Marriage Metaphor Ezekiel 16 and 23 : four Metaohorical Narratives Ezekiel 16 AND 23 : Translation and Notes The Distinctiveness of Ezekiel`s Marriage Metaphor Relative to Those of Earlier Prophetic Books Sins Punishment Restoration Differences in placement and Function The City as yahweh`s Wife in Ezekiel 16 and 23 Ezekiel 16 Ezekiel 23 The Woman Jerusalem : Her Role in The Book of Ezekiel Jerusalem in Ezekiel 1-24 : The Implied Prostitute The Real Women In Ezekiel After the Fall : Ezekiel 25-39 The Lady Vanishes : The Temple-City of Ezekiel 40-48