Hosea

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Lessing, Reed | Copyright information

EHUD BEN ZVI, Hosea (FOTL 21A/1; Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2005). Pp. xiv + 321. Paper $55.

Ehud Ben Zvi's first sentence in this commentary sets the tone for everything that follows: "The book of Hosea is a written text that shows a great deal of literary sophistication" (p. 4). In this review I will discuss B.Z.'s definitions of "the book of Hosea" and its "literary sophistication."

Ben Zvi understands the Book of Hosea to be a literary and theological text built upon ...

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