
Hosea
Joshua Moon(Author)
Apollos (Publisher)
Published on 21. June 2018
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78359-532-7 (ISBN)
Description
The prophet Hosea lived through the tumultuous final decades of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
The assassinations and usurpations within Israel and the instability from the re-invigorated Assyrians culminated eventually in the destruction of Samaria, the ending of the Northern Kingdom, and the exile of many of its people. Hosea's prophetic work took place in the midst of those years, calling the people to faith in God through warnings of judgment and promises of hope. He exposed the infidelity of the people as they turned to other nations, to their own counsels, or to other gods for their life and prosperity. Such turning towards others for what God alone could give them was, in Hosea's most famous metaphor, 'whoring.' As God's people they needed to reckon with 'their' God, who had through long years showered them with care and grace. For Hosea it was their refusal to 'return' to their Lord that resulted in his bringing judgment upon them in the form of the Assyrian invasion.
Joshua Moon sets the prophecies of Hosea in their 8th century BC context. The burden of his commentary is the importance of reading Hosea as Christian Scripture, in which we are meant to hear God's own voice as he calls his people to himself. Moon demonstrates the ongoing importance of hearing God's words through Hosea, situating the reading of each section within larger biblical and theological concerns.
The assassinations and usurpations within Israel and the instability from the re-invigorated Assyrians culminated eventually in the destruction of Samaria, the ending of the Northern Kingdom, and the exile of many of its people. Hosea's prophetic work took place in the midst of those years, calling the people to faith in God through warnings of judgment and promises of hope. He exposed the infidelity of the people as they turned to other nations, to their own counsels, or to other gods for their life and prosperity. Such turning towards others for what God alone could give them was, in Hosea's most famous metaphor, 'whoring.' As God's people they needed to reckon with 'their' God, who had through long years showered them with care and grace. For Hosea it was their refusal to 'return' to their Lord that resulted in his bringing judgment upon them in the form of the Assyrian invasion.
Joshua Moon sets the prophecies of Hosea in their 8th century BC context. The burden of his commentary is the importance of reading Hosea as Christian Scripture, in which we are meant to hear God's own voice as he calls his people to himself. Moon demonstrates the ongoing importance of hearing God's words through Hosea, situating the reading of each section within larger biblical and theological concerns.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Inter-Varsity Press
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-532-7 (9781783595327)
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Person
Joshua N. Moon (PhD University of St Andrews) is a Fellows Tutor at Anselm House, on the campus of the University of Minnesota (St Paul). He has previously served as a senior pastor and is the author of Jeremiah's New Covenant: An Augustinian Reading in Dialogue with the Christian Tradition (Eisenbrauns). He and his family live in Minneapolis, MN.
Content
Editors' preface vii
Author's preface ix
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
1. The historical backdrop 1
2. Hosea among the prophets 5
3. The book of the prophet Hosea 7
3.1. Writing prophets 7
3.2. Collecting, curating and editing 9
3.3. Date and provenance 12
3.4. Hosea as a prophet to the north? 13
3.5. The text of Hosea 18
3.6. Structure 19
3.7. Hosea as oral literature 20
4. Hosea and the covenant 20
5. Theology and hearing Hosea 26
Text and commentary 29
Excursus: Hosea 6:2 and the resurrection of Jesus 118
Bibliography 225
Index of Scripture references 239
Index of authors 249
Index of subjects 252
Author's preface ix
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
1. The historical backdrop 1
2. Hosea among the prophets 5
3. The book of the prophet Hosea 7
3.1. Writing prophets 7
3.2. Collecting, curating and editing 9
3.3. Date and provenance 12
3.4. Hosea as a prophet to the north? 13
3.5. The text of Hosea 18
3.6. Structure 19
3.7. Hosea as oral literature 20
4. Hosea and the covenant 20
5. Theology and hearing Hosea 26
Text and commentary 29
Excursus: Hosea 6:2 and the resurrection of Jesus 118
Bibliography 225
Index of Scripture references 239
Index of authors 249
Index of subjects 252