Prophesying the past : the use of Israel's history in the Book of Hosea / Else Kragelund Holt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, Else Kragelund.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 194.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 194

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--To 586 B.C.

Jews.

Bible--Prophecies.

Bible.

Bible. Hosea--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hosea and the Hosean tradition play an important role in the internal Israelite dispute about the nature of God and his relation to the world and Israel. Hosea refers to traditions of the past in which the interdependence between Yahweh and Israel, and in particular Yahweh's care for his people, are recurrent themes. The prophet can presuppose that certain portions of these traditions, both ""historical"" and ""theological"", are known to his audience, but it is his claim that what is not known to Israel is the demand that is inherent in Yahweh's past dealings with his people, the demand for e

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Part I: EXEGESIS; Chapter 2 HOSEA'S JACOB; Chapter 3 ISRAEL-YAHWEHS'S REBELLIOUS PEOPLE; Part II: PROPHETIC TRADITION; Chapter 4 ELECTION THEOLOGY UNTIL HOSEA-AN EXPERIMENT; Chapter 5 TRADITION AND PROPHECY-AN OVERVIEW; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's Ph. D. thesis, Dept. of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Aarhus, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611803780

9781281803788

1281803782

9780567363312

0567363317

OCLC:

283798611