Prophecy, Poetry and Hosea

Prophecy, Poetry and Hosea
Author: Gerald Morris
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1996-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567280667

The books of the Latter Prophets have traditionally been treated as persuasive speeches, and interpreted according to their rhetoric. At the same time, interpreters recognize the poetic form of much prophecy. This study takes up the notion of the 'prophet' as 'poet', focusing on word-play in Hosea and on the lyrical plot of that book; the case is made for treating Hosea as a stark, full-length poem of inexhaustible power.

The Book of Hosea

The Book of Hosea
Author: J. Andrew Dearman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802825397

J. Andrew Dearman considers the prophetic figure's historical roots in the covenant traditions of ancient Israel, includes his own translation of the biblical text, and masterfully unpacks Hosea's poetic, metaphorical message of betrayal, judgment, and reconciliation. --from publisher description

Ancient Israelite And Early Jewish Literature

Ancient Israelite And Early Jewish Literature
Author: Th. Theodoor Christiaan Vriezen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 777
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004124276

This introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) offers a literary and historical-critical approach, containing some religio-historical or theological explanations where appropriate.

Reward, Punishment, and Forgiveness

Reward, Punishment, and Forgiveness
Author: Joze Krasovec
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 997
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004276033

This book deals with central and universal issues of reward, punishment and forgiveness for the first time in a compact and comprehensive way. Until now these themes have received far too little attention in scholarly research both in their own right and in their interrelationship. The scope of this study is to present them in relation to the foundations of our culture. These and related issues are treated primarily within the Hebrew Bible, using the methods of literary analysis. The centrality of these themes in all religions and all cultures has resulted, however, in a comparative investigation, drawing attention to the problem of terminology, the importance of Greek culture for the European tradition, and the fusion of Greek and Jewish-Christian cultures in our modern philosophical and theological systems. This broad perspective shows that the biblical personalist understanding of divine authority and of human righteousness or guilt provides the personalist key to the search for reconciliation in a divided world.

Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy

Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy
Author: David Noel Freedman
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1980
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780931464041

"A collection of articles and essays, practically all of which were published during the 1970's."

The Prostitute and the Prophet

The Prostitute and the Prophet
Author: Yvonne Sherwood
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2004-12-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780567040718

The only consensus that has been reached on Hosea 1-3 is that it is a notoriously 'problematic' text. Sherwood unpicks this rather vague statement by examining the particular complexities of the text and frictions between the text and reader that conspire to produce such a disorientating effect. Four dimensions of the 'problem' are considered: the conflict between text and reader over the 'improper' relationship between Hosea and Gomer; the bizarre prophetic sign-language that conscripts people into a cosmic charade; the text's propensity to subvert its central theses; and the emergent tensions between the feminist reader and the text. Aiming to bring together literary criticism and biblical scholarship, this book provides lucid introductions to ideological criticism, semiotics, deconstruction and feminist criticism, and looks at the implications of these approaches not only for the book of Hosea but for biblical studies in general.

Oxford Bibliographies

Oxford Bibliographies
Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release:
Genre: Hispanic Americans
ISBN: 9780199913701

"An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.

The Prophetic Word of Hosea

The Prophetic Word of Hosea
Author: Martin J. Buss
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2011-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110827085

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

Interpreting the Minor Prophets

Interpreting the Minor Prophets
Author: Robert B. Chisholm
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1990
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780310308010

This study surveys the structure, message, and theological themes of each of the twelve minor prophets.