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Gomer
Gomer , in the Bible. 1 Wife of the prophet Hosea . 2 Son of Japheth and eponym of a people, probably the Cimmerians.... Read more |
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Hosea
Hosea , prophetic book of the Bible. It relates something of the career of the prophet Hosea who preached against the sins of the northern kingdom of Israel in the third quarter of the 8th cent. BC The collection opens with an account of Hosea's marriage to the prostitute Gomer and his apparent... Read more |
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Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American clergyman, foremost among expositors of Universalism in the United States, b. Cheshire co., N.H. From 1818 until his death he was pastor of the Second Universalist Society in Boston. One of the founders (1819) of the Universalist Magazine, he was its editor until... Read more |
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Jezreel
Jezreel [Heb.,=God sows]. 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon , halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land allotted to Issachar's tribe, Jezreel was a residence (9th cent. BC) of King Ahab, whose family was called the house of Jezreel.... Read more |
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golden calf
golden calf in the Bible, an idol erected by the Israelites on several occasions. Aaron made one while Moses was on Mt. Sinai. Jeroboam I made two, and Hosea denounced a calf in Samaria. A bull cult was widespread in Canaan at the time of the Israelite invasion.... Read more |
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Jotham
Jotham , in the Bible. 1 The only one of Gideon's sons not killed by Abimelech; noted for his parable of the trees electing the bramble to be their king. 2 King of Judah, son of Uzziah. He was a contemporary of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah. His name is also spelled Joatham. 3 Descendant of Caleb.... Read more |
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Hoshea
Hoshea . 1 See Joshua . 2 Died after 722 BC, last king of Israel (c.730-722 BC). He succeeded Pekah, whom he murdered. He was a tributary of Assyria but made the fatal mistake of aligning himself with Egypt against his Assyrian overlord, who overran (c.728 BC) Israel and, after a long siege,... Read more |
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Hosea Williams
Hosea Lorenzo Williams 1926– Civil rights activist, politician At a Glance… Joined Civil Rights Movement Ran for Political Office Retired from Politics Sources Hosea Williams—research chemist, ordained minister, and politician—is best known for his activities during the... Read more |
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Bethel
Bethel [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. According to the Bible, where it is frequently mentioned, it was originally called Luz (see Luz 1 ). The Book of Genesis relates that Abraham built his first altar in Canaan... Read more |
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Joel (Bible prophet)
Joel The prophet whose book is the second of the book of the Twelve Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, placed between the books of Hosea and Amos who lived in the eighth century BCE. Beyond the prophet's name, Joel son of Pethuel, the book gives no indication of who the prophet was and when he... Read more |
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A Critical and Exegetical commentary on Hosea
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Hosea. By A. A...International Critical Commentary...International Critical Commentary...Another major commentary on ... |
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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Hosea.(Review)
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Hosea. By A. A...International Critical Commentary...International Critical Commentary...Another major commentary on ... |
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Hosea: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Hosea: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary. By A. A. Macintosh...with the nature of Hosea's dialect of Hebrew...heavily on rabbinic commentaries (Rashi, Kimchi...markers and form-critical issues, his careful... |
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Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah
Hosea, Joel, Amos...Commenting and Commentaries [London...347 pages of commentary. His select...evangelical critical commentaries, and his annotations...literary, exegetical, and theological...command to Hosea ... |