Hosea began the old testament tradition of describing the relation. As a wellknown christian broadcaster, simon has the ideal voice for those of all ages who want to listen to the bible in full, unabridged form. Most of the messages in the book of hosea were spoken by hosea. Pharaoh, of course, never had the benefit of the depth of knowledge that israel was given through the mouth and pen of the prophet hosea, and yet the people were as stonyhearted toward god as pharaoh was those many centuries before. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. Hosea delivers a plea to israel and a complaint against her 6. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a contemporary of the prophets isaiah and amos. Hosea overview keil and delitzsch commentary on the old. Old testament books table of the 39 books of the old. Hosea in the picture study bible the book of hosea with. He was the general editor of the bestselling interpretation. However, hoseas teachings were likely recorded during his lifetime see merrill f. Book of hosea an old testament book telling hosea s prophecies hosea old testament the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of.
The book of hosea new international commentary on the old. Old testament new european christadelphian commentary by duncan heaster available from rakuten kobo. The quran calls the first five books of the old testament the tawrat. The book of hosea was a severe warning to the northern kingdom against the growing idolatry being practiced there. The prophets of the old testament are divided by scholars into the major prophets and the minor prophets. Both amos and hosea prophesied to the northern kingdom, although amos was a native of the southern kingdom and hosea of the northern kingdom. A bible commentary for teacing and preaching series, and is author of many books, including psalms in the interpretation series and the lord reigns. Although the old testament is often referred to as a book, it is really a collection of many books, or separate manuscripts, produced by different individuals over a long period of time. Hoseas prophecy is closely related to that of amos. Hosea his name meaning to save, salvation is the first of the socalled minor prophets.
May 04, 2016 watch our overview video on the book of hosea, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. Hosea prophesied during a very dark time of israel\s history. Then take 3 x 9 27, the number of books in the new testament. The book of hosea is a loose collection of the prophets oracles. The book of hosea is a narrative history and prophetic oracle. Hosea is the first book in the sections of minor prophets. He lived, as we are told in the first verse, during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah kings of judah, the southern kingdom, and during the reign of jeroboam.
The remainder of the book of hosea consists of a collection of miscellaneous statements expressing hosea s convictions concerning the character of yahweh and yahwehs relation to the people of israel. The book of hosea new international commentary on the old testament nicot hardcover august 3, 2010. Hosea s prophecy is closely related to that of amos. Represents gods love and faithfulness and israels spiritual adultery. The scope of his predictions appears to be, to detect, reprove, and convince the jewish nation in general, and the israelites in particular, of their many sins, particularly their idolatry. Since the beginning of time gods ungrateful and undeserving creation has been accepting gods love, grace, and mercy while still unable to refrain from its wickedness. More precisely, we call isaiah, along with jeremiah, lamentations, ezekiel, and daniel, major prophets. Hosea is the first of the prophets in the book of the twelve prophets in hebrew scripture, our old testament of the bible. The book of hosea is one of the books of the old testament, the first book of the minor prophets. Book of hosea synonyms, book of hosea pronunciation, book of hosea translation, english dictionary definition of book of hosea. Scholars, pastors, and serious bible students will welcome the. It the first of the socalled minor or shorter prophets, the twelve books that make up the final portion of the old testament.
This first section seems to be a prayer of repentance on the part of israel. The back and forth movement from doom to salvation is typical of the book of hosea. Book of joel, second of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets. God told hosea to marry a wife who was not loyal hosea 1. Amos was very severe in his prophecy and his ministry was somewhat like a james or john the baptist of the old testament.
It is offered as a prophetic oracle as well as a narrative history. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a. If you count the letters of old testament there are three letters in old and nine in testament. In judaism, the collection of inspired books is known as tanakh.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of hosea new international commentary on the old testament nicot. The imagery of hoseas family and the restoration of israel. They are called minor prophets not because their material is less important or insignificant, but because of the size of the book they wrote was shorter in length. This is the basic fund of old testament theology and imagery from which the authors of the new testament draw to explain how the salvation god has accomplished in messiah jesus is the fulfillment of all that was prophesied in the old testament see note on hos. In the hebrew bible version of the old testament, these are collected into a single work called the book of the twelve or simply the twelve because they were originally contained together on one scroll. Wolff argues that this prayer mentioning rain is part of the canaanite cult. David pawson teaching trust 2019 hosea was the prophet who gave gods final appeal to the jews to repent of their unfaithfulness to him. Mccormick professor emeritus of hebrew and old testament interpretation at union theological seminary in richmond,virginia.
The old testament abbreviated ot is the first part of the christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the twentyfour books of the hebrew bible or tanakh, a collection of ancient religious hebrew writings by the israelites believed by most christians and religious jews to be the sacred word of god. Those who assume old testament wisdom literature is best ascribed to the greek period will trace hosea 14. These twelve prophets are comprised in one single book in the hebrew bible and are called the twelve. The lords true love from his people is unending and will tolerate no rival. The old testament in the book of hosea 55 vious phrases causes us to suspect that the genesis narrative is the source for this more problematic phrase.
Hosea is the first of 12 short prophetic books known as the minor prophets. Aaron schade, the imagery of hosea s family and the restoration of israel, in the gospel of jesus christ in the old testament, the 38 th annual byu sidney b. Historical background and summary of the book of hosea in easy to study bible survey format. Book of hosea, also spelled osee, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. Hosea malachi there are 66 books in the bible and lots of things to learn. In this solid midtoupper level commentary on the book of hosea, j. Hoseas message contains much condemnation, both national and individual, but at the same time, he poignantly portrays the love of god toward his people with passionate emotion. Joel proclaims a terrifying future using the imagery of locusts. Hosea is the only prophet of israel who left any written prophecies which were recorded during the later years of his life. Aug 10, 2010 in his book, the hebrew prophets atlanta.
One of the central messages of the book of hosea is that jehovah loves his people even when they are unfaithful to him, and he will mercifully offer them reconciliation. The book s purpose is to illustrate spiritual adultery as well as faithfulness, forgiveness and love. Dearman captures well the metaphorical theology of hosea, and his thoughtful reflection on the text attends to the various issues of every passage in the book. Bible survey hosea hebrew name hoshea salvation greek name osee greek form of the hebrew author hosea according to tradition date 785 bc approximately theme the apostasy of israel types and shadows in hosea jesus is the faithful husband. The book of hosea is one of the books of the hebrew bible. British narrator simon peterson reads the book of hosea in this wonderful audiobook collection of the old testament. Hosea, the son of beeri, prophesied for quite some time, from 785 to 725 b.
These books narrate the origins of universe, the earth and mankind as well as the birth of the nation of. The jewish canon lumps all together as the twelve and divides joel into four chapters. The book relates nothing about joel except his name and that of his father. Old testament of the bible cliffsnotes study guides book. Best commentaries and books on hosea logos bible software. Boda, professor of old testament, mcmaster divinity college, mcmaster university. Hosea is one of the most remarkable books of the old testament. Hosea story of hosea and his unfaithful wife, gomer. Study scripture verses with commentary, concordances, and use highlighting, underlining, take notes in the bible. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during. The book of hosea is pound for pound as difficult a prophetic book as one can find in the bible, so we appreciate the work of j. Book of hosea old testament britannica encyclopedia britannica. Religious studies center, brigham young university, 2009.
Thus, hosea has been called john the apostle of love of the old testament. The book of hosea the new international commentary on the. About the old testament of the bible introduction although the old testament is often referred to as a book, it is really a collection of many books, or separate manuscripts, produced by different individuals over a long period of time. The prophet hosea personally records his messages to gods people and to the world. As you can see from the four columns above, each of the 39 books can be categorized into one genre or literary type. Watch our overview video on the book of hosea, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Watch our overview video on the book of hosea, which breaks down the. The book of hosea illustrates that no one is beyond the offer of our forgiveness because no one sits outside gods offer of forgiveness. David brackett sent in a better method for remembering the number of books in the bible. Introduction to the book of hosea, old testament seminary teacher material 2018 why study this book. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. Chapter 11 is a beautiful expression of old testament theology, gods undying love for his people israel.
In this book, hosea accuses israel of breaking their covenant with god and. Home 1 study the bible 2 book by book 3 old testament 4 hosea hosea we are now beginning the last division of old testament books, the division called the minor prophets. Many people of israel turned away from god to worship pagan idols. In this book, hosea accuses israel of breaking their covenant with. The old testament also known as the jewish tanakh is the first 39 books in most christian bibles.
The hebrew of the book of hosea is challenging to translate, possibly because the text is corrupt or because it is written in a nonstandard dialect of hebrew. Andrew dearman considers the prophetic figures historical roots in the covenant traditions of ancient israel, includes his own translation of the biblical text, and masterfully unpacks hosea s poetic, metaphorical message of betrayal, judgment, and reconciliation. Book of hosea definition of book of hosea by the free. Unger and others, the new ungers bible dictionary 1988, hosea, 589. The prophecy of hosea was realized when the northern kingdom was crushed by the assyrians in 722 bc, while the southern kingdom of judah survived. The false messiah biblical stories explained duration. Book of hosea read, study bible verses online bible study tools. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hosea appears to have had the temperament of a poet. It is indeed possible to draw the contrast too sharply between amos and hosea, as is done when it is asserted that amos is the champion of morality and hosea of religion. The name stands for the original promise with god to the descendants of abraham in particular prior to the coming of jesus christ in the new testament or the new promise.
A verse by verse exposition of the book of the prophet hosea, part of the new european christadelphian commentary series. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. The book of hosea new international commentary on the old testament nicot kindle edition by j. Hosea is supposed to have been of the kingdom of israel. Old minor prophets why did hosea preach to the people. The book of hosea is a prophetic accounting of gods relentless love for his children. The concern of his commentary is the importance of reading hosea as christian scripture, in which we are meant to hear gods own voice as he calls his people to himself. Jan 02, 2020 hosea is the only prophet of israel who left any written prophecies which were recorded during the later years of his life. The new testament uses the marriage imagery to describe the union between christ and the church e. These individual books were not written for the same purpose, nor were they considered to be of equal importance at the times when they were written. In this apollos old testament commentary, joshua moon sets the prophecies of hosea in the context of the eighth century bc. The book of hosea is one of the books of the christian old testament and it is one of the twelve minor prophets.
Not only does the book of hosea provide an example of gods love to a people who have left god behind, but it also shows us what forgiveness and restoration look like in a close relationship. Metaphors and similes in the book of hosea professor of old. The book of hosea or hosea is a biblical text that forms a part of the jewish bible tanakh, and is included in the section of minor prophets. Hosea 1 niv the word of the lord that came to hosea bible. Christians see in this book a comparable call to the church not to forsake the. Book of hosea of the old testament your bible quotes. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. Summary like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. Christians extend the analogy of hosea to christ and the church. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a. Hosea is the twentyeighth book in the old testament. The book of hosea was likely written between 755 and 725 b.