Hosea
An Introduction And Commentary
Published on 17. December 2020
215 pages
978-1-78359-965-3 (ISBN)
Description
An adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth, while her betrayed husband offers forgiveness and seeks to win her back and restore the intimacy of their first love. With this bold and uncomfortable imagery, Hosea tells the story of God and his people. The message is made more poignant as God calls the prophet to embody this divine suffering and redeeming forgiveness in his own marriage. Hosea's own story thus sets the stage for his message of God's faithful and enduring love, his righteous judgement and also his continuing offer of reconciliation and a new beginning. Robin Routledge's commentary explores the historical, cultural, literary and theological dimensions of the book, and offers a guide to its continuing message of judgement, hope and restoration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-965-3 (9781783599653)
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12/2020
Inter-Varsity Press
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Formerly Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, Director of Research and Academic Dean at Mattersey Hall. Author of Old Testament Introduction and Old Testament Theology; co-editor of As Long as the Earth Endures and Bible and Mission. Contributor to Presence, Power and Promise and the IVP Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets.
Content
- Intro
- GENERAL PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- ABBREVIATIONS
- Bible versions
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Commentaries on Hosea
- Other works
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Context
- 2. Hosea and the Old Testament
- 3. Unity, composition, structure
- 4. Text and literary features
- 5. Theology and message
- ANALYSIS
- COMMENTARY
- 1. HOSEA'S MARRIAGE: ISRAEL AS YAHWEH'S UNFAITHFUL WIFE (1:1 - 3:5)
- A. Superscript (1:1)
- B. Hosea's call and marriage
- naming of children as symbols of judgment (1:2-9)
- C. Restoration: reversal of judgment (1:10 - 2:1) [mt 2:1-3]
- D. Judgment on an unfaithful wife (2:2-13) [mt 2:4-15]
- E. Restoration and reconciliation
- a new beginning (2:14-23) [mt 2:16-25]
- F. Hosea's love and Yahweh's love (3:1-5)
- 2. ORACLES RELATING TO SINFUL ISRAEL (4:1 - 11:11)
- A. Yahweh's case against the people (4:1 - 5:7)
- B. Divine wrath on Israel and Judah (5:8-15)
- C. Failure to repent (6:1 - 7:2)
- D. Internal and international politics (7:3-16)
- E. False confidence and impending judgment (8:1 - 9:9)
- F. Unfulfilled promise (9:10 - 10:15)
- G. Divine commitment to a beloved but ungrateful child (11:1-11)
- 3. PAST INGRATITUDE AND FUTURE HOPE (11:12 - 14:9)
- A. Yahweh's case against the people (11:12 - 12:14) [mt 12:1-15]
- B. Ephraim's exaltation, sin and judgment (13:1-16)
- C. Call to return to Yahweh
- healing and restoration (14:1-9)
- Notes
