John Goldingay
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Goldingay, John, author.
Title: Hosea–Micah / John Goldingay.
Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020. | Series: Baker commentary on the Old Testament: prophetic books | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020011374 | ISBN 9780801030765 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Minor Prophets—Commentaries.
Classification: LCC BS1560 .G647 2020 | DDC 224/.907—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020011374
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are the author’s translation.
BAKER COMMENTARY on the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETIC BOOKS
Mark J. Boda and J. Gordon McConville, Editors
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings
The Baker Commentary on the Old Testament (BCOT) is innovative in its conception and in its division into canonical subsections for the purposes of its writing, editing, and publication. Among the advantages of this plan is that the commentaries on the books in any given subdivision can share in addressing issues that are distinctive to that literature. The present series of commentaries on the prophetic books, therefore, pays particular attention to features that are prominent in them, such as their rhetorical strategies and their relationship to history.
The books in question are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Hosea–Malachi. It will be immediately apparent that the selection has been based on the order of books in the Christian Old Testament rather than that of the Hebrew Bible. It therefore includes Lamentations, which is not normally regarded as a prophetic book, and Daniel, which is distinct in some important ways from the others. This selection accords with a methodological principle that applies to BCOT as a whole. It needs no other defense than that of the canonical tradition itself, of which the Old Testament, based broadly on the Septuagint, is not only an ancient form but also the most widely known today. In that context, Lamentations has time-honored associations with Jeremiah. Daniel too has been received by readers of the Old Testament (as distinct from the Hebrew Bible) as a member of the company of prophets. Indeed, this perception ...
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About Hosea–MicahHighly regarded Old Testament scholar John Goldingay offers a substantive and useful commentary on Hosea through Micah and explores the contemporary significance of these prophetic books. This volume, the first in a new series on the Prophets, complements the successful Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series (series volumes have sold over 55,000 copies). Each series volume is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. Series editors are Mark J. Boda and J. Gordon McConville. |
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