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This thorough and fascinating commentary expounds on one of the most difficult books in the Old Testament. Placing special emphasis on the text itself, this volume of the Hermeneia series makes use of both ancient extra-biblical texts and fresh translations of the book of Hosea. Any student of the Old Testament will find Hosea to be indispensable resource for their study of the minor prophet.

7:8f*; 8:8*);42 they attest to the compassion of Israel’s God and his prophet for their people. (2) In the book of Hosea, the exhortations have their origin in the form of the “proposal to reach a settlement” (Schlichtungsvorschlag) in the lawsuit (2:4f[2f]*; 4:15*; 8:5* cj.; 14:2f[1f]*;cf. 9:1*; 10:12*; 12:7 [6]*).43 (3) To a lesser extent we find forms peculiar to the law teacher: didactic exhortations (5:1*)44 and precepts(6:6*; 8:6aβ*).45 In this connection, the influence
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