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mommyof4
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Does anyone know of any good resources for me to read about the Book of Hosea? I’m looking for either online links or something in print.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Todd_Easton
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For a traditional view:
Haydock’s 1859 Catholic Bible commentary on Osee (Hosea). Scroll down to Osee.
For a more modern view:
New American Bible commentary on Hosea.
Haydock’s 1859 Catholic Bible commentary on Osee (Hosea). Scroll down to Osee.
For a more modern view:
New American Bible commentary on Hosea.
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mommyof4
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Thank you, Todd. I’ll take a look at them.
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Valke2
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Whenever I’m studying one of the prophets, I start with the relevant chapter in Abraham Joshua Heshel’s ‘The Prophets’. I think you will find it invaluable, as a starting point.
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Grace_Angel
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Hello Mommyof4,
I dont quite know where in USA you would buy literature for Hosea, but I am Ignatius Press must have something.
I myself like the Prophet Hosea, who as part of his preaching style spoke and ac ted in symbolic way.
His symbolic representation of his own marriage as an account of the state of Israel towards their God is powerful in its imagery, emotion and at times even savagery.
Very little factual info is known about this prophet except that he was a contemporary of of Issaiah, Micah and Amos and lived and prophesied in the latter years (720Bc) of the Northern kingdom of Israel. Because of his prolific speech against canaanisation of the people of Yahweh its assumed that he was member of the Levitical movement. His condemnation of the Monarchy is particularly strong especially as the Monarchy divided the kingdom into northern and southern.
Hosea sees God’s wrath played out against a monacrhy whose existence was against the will of Yahweh. However, Hosea’s greatest outpouring was against the abandonment of Yahweh by His people and their perverse alignment with the local baals and Yahweh is a jealous God and will not relinquish His honour.
Hosea speaks from the tragedy of his own unhappy marriage and is able to see, feel, how Yahweh feels about His unfaithful peoples. His representation of Yahweh and Israel sharing a covenantal union (husband/wife) is broken by the “adulttress” wife. Hosea’s porphecy always sounds like gloom and doom but was able to show that the sufferings experienced by the people were permitted by Yahweh because of the idolatry.
although the beuatiful imagery of flora (14:5-9) speaks of future blessings that will come to the repentant people
Ultimately Hosea understood the relationship between Yahweh and Israel to be one of intimacy, love, betrayal and suffering before restoration of the relationship.
Hoseas greatest criticism was that the people of Israel had known the true God (true Love) and settled for idols.
Anyway I hope the above helps you a little.
GraceAngel.
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mommyof4
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Thank you, GraceAngel.
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Grace_Angel
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lak611
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Valke2, do you have any links as to where one may purchase this book?
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Valke2
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amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=stripbooks%26field-keywords=the%20prophets%20heschel%26results-process=default%26dispatch=search/ref=pd_sl_ov_tops-1_stripbooks_10391009_1&results-process=default?tag2=over-std-20
You can also get it at Barnes & Nobel or that other big bookstore who’s name escapes me.
It’s a very good book. It has an extended preface as to what constitutes a prophet. The chapter on Hosea is about 30 pages.
You can also get it at Barnes & Nobel or that other big bookstore who’s name escapes me.
It’s a very good book. It has an extended preface as to what constitutes a prophet. The chapter on Hosea is about 30 pages.
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lak611
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Thank you!
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