Hosea

by Hubbard, David Allan

• ISBN13: 9780877842484
• ISBN10: 0877842485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-07-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

A wanton and adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth. Her betrayed and grieving husband offers forgiveness and seeks to restore the intimacy of their first love.Bold imagery indeed for telling the story of God and his people. Bolder still when God calls a prophet to enflesh this divine suffering and redeeming forgiveness in his own marriage. Yet this remarkable story sets the stage for Hosea's message of God's enduring love, his righteous judgement and his persistent offer of reconciliation.This commentary explores the historical, cultural, literary and theological dimensions of the book of Hosea. Distilled from a career of biblical scholarship, theological reflection and masterful teaching, David Hubbard has been studying, teaching and thinking about Hosea for a long time. He frankly admits he can't imagine himself "as a human being, let alone as a believing person, without the deposit of Hosea's political, moral and spiritual insights." Find out why.

Table of Contents

General Preface	5	(4)
Author's Preface	9	(3)
Chief Abbreviations	12	(3)
Select Bibliography	15	(4)
INTRODUCTION
The prophecy of Hosea	19	(2)
Place in the Canon	21	(1)
Date	22	(2)
Setting	24	(6)
Unity and composition	30	(4)
Literary forms	34	(5)
Message	39	(10)
ANALYSIS	49	(2)
COMMENTARY	51	(18)
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Fulfilment of Hosea's prophecies	69	(12)
The Baals	81	(37)
Possible historical backgrounds	118