Hosea (Hermeneia | Herm)

by Hans Walter Wolff

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1974

Overview

Hans Walter Wolff’s fascinating commentary on the book of Hosea is an insightful and essential study of one of the most difficult Old Testament prophets.

Key Features

• Includes a number of valuable insights
• Presents a detailed and authoritative interpretation
• Provides a fantastic commentary for students, teachers, scholars, and professors

Contents

• Introduction
• The Period
• The Prophet Himself
• The Language of Hosea
• The Theology of Hosea
• The Transmission of Hosea’s Prophecy
• The Commentary
• The Title of the Book
• The Prophets Family
• The Great Day of Jezreel
• Legal Proceedings against Unfaithful Israel
• The Day of the New Covenant
• Now Yahweh’s Love Works
• A Spirit of Whoredom in Israel’s Worship
• The Teacher of the Unrepentant
• Return in the Midst of Collapse?
• Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind
• The End of the Festivals
• Ephraim’s Glory Has Vanished
• Shattered Altars
• War—The Fruit of False Trust
• Love’s Consequences
• Betrayal of the Prophetic Word
• Israel’s Revolt against Her Deliverer
• The Healing of Spontaneous Love
• The Traditionist’s Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Indices
• Designer’s Notes

Top Highlights

“the prominence of parallelismus membrorum; he shows a preference for synonymous parallelism” (Page xxiv)

“Then ‘wife of whoredom’ (אשׁת זנונים) refers to any young woman ready for marriage (as in 4:13f*) who had submitted to the bridal rites of initiation then current in Israel. The cultic symbols made her easily recognizable as an average, ‘modern’ Israelite woman. She whom Hosea is to marry is therefore not an especially wicked exception; she is simply representative of her contemporaries in Israel.” (Page 15)

“Hence the latest group of texts which we can date with a fair amount of certainty has its origin around 725–24, immediately preceding or at the beginning of the siege of Samaria.” (Page xxi)

“Hosea’s public orations were most likely delivered in Samaria²² or in the area of Bethel and Gilgal” (Page xxii)

“In this verse we found three explanatory supplements to v 11* which the traditionists drew from a store of prophetic traditions.⁸⁸ ‘They will follow after Yahweh’ elucidates the elliptic expression ‘trembling from’ in v 11a*. The triumphs of Yahweh’s holy love will be met (cf. 2:9*) by the discipleship of those who now look to the Baals (vv 2*, 7*; cf. 2:7*, 15*) and to foreign powers for help (v 5*; cf. 5:11*, 13*; 7:11*). Israel’s return to the homeland brings salvation only if it is accompanied by following Yahweh. The ‘turn’ within Yahweh (v 8b*) effects Israel’s return to Yahweh.” (Page 203)

Product Details

• Title: Hosea: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Hosea
• Author: Hans Walter Wolff
• Series: Hermeneia
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 1974
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Pages: 260
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Hosea › Commentaries; Bible › Commentaries--Collected works
• Resource ID: LLS:HRMNEIA28HO
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:01:07Z

About Hans Walter Wolff

Hans Walter Wolff is emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg. His books include the commentaries on Obadiah and Jonah, Micah, and Haggai in the Continental Commentary Series and the commentary on Joel and Amos from the Hermeneia series.