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Prophesying the Past: The Use of Israel’s History in the Book of Hosea is unavailable, but you can change that!

Prophesying the Past focuses on the impact of tradition and history on the construction of the book of Hosea. Biblical scholar Holt examines the background of Israel to investigate how it is used in Hosea. She looks at common views of the book of Hosea, as well as presents new methodologies on tradition and redaction. Holt uses literary and theological techniques to search the text for meaning....

‘fairness’ expect of that person who has received Yahweh’s gifts of salvation. Indeed, one could say that it is by showing חסד that one demonstrates that one has in fact received these gifts. חסד ought, therefore, to be a consequence of דעת אלהים. What, then, is the content of this דעת? What is it that Israel must know? According to Wolff, it is the ‘knowledge of Yahweh’s acts of salvation and gifts of justice’;2 according to Zimmerli, ‘the “divine right” of Israel’.3 The knowledge of God is the
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