Reconsidering the Date and Provenance of the Book of Hosea: The Case for Persian-Period Yehud

CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1. The Implications of Literacy in Israel and Judah for Understanding the Production of the Prophetic Books......Page 21
2. Evidence for the Writing Down and Preservation of Prophetic Materials in the Monarchic Period......Page 23
3. Other Potential Literary Models for Understanding the Prophetic Books......Page 26
4. Linguistic Evidence for the Date or Provenance of the Book of Hosea?......Page 29
5. Earlier Treatments of the Book of Hosea That Fall Within the “New Paradigm”......Page 34
6. Dating the Book of Hosea......Page 42
Chapter 2. THE ANTI-MONARCHICAL IDEOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF HOSEA AS EVIDENCE FOR A PERSIAN-PERIOD DATE OF COMPOSITION AND JUDAHITE PROVENANCE......Page 48
1. Hosea 10:3–4, 7......Page 52
2. Hosea 13:9–11 and 8:4a......Page 61
3. Hosea 9:9 and 10:9; 9:15......Page 66
4. Hosea 10:13b–14a; 8:14; 14:4b; 1:7; 2:20......Page 69
5. Hosea 5:1–7; 7:3–7; 8:10......Page 75
6. Hosea 2:2a and 3:5......Page 77
7. Conclusion......Page 81
Chapter 3. THE ANTI-BENJAMIN, ANTI-BETHEL, AND ANTI-SAMARIA POLEMIC IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA READ AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE EARLY PERSIAN PERIOD......Page 83
1. Jerusalem in Competition with Mizpah, Bethel, and Samaria......Page 85
2. The Polemic Against Benjamin in the Hebrew Bible......Page 89
3. Analysis of the Anti-Benjamin Polemic in the Book of Hosea......Page 91
4. The Polemic Against Bethel in the Book of Hosea......Page 100
5. Polemic Against the Benjaminite Site of Gilgal......Page 109
6. The Polemic Against Samaria and Shechem......Page 111
7. Conclusion......Page 113
Chapter 4. THE PERVASIVENESS OF THE JUDAHITE DUAL THEME OF EXILE–RETURN IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA AS EVIDENCE FOR A PERSIAN-PERIOD DATE......Page 115
1. Hosea 1:6......Page 117
2. Hosea 2:1–2......Page 119
3. The Name “Jezreel”......Page 123
4. Hosea 3:5......Page 124
5. Hosea 4:16, 19......Page 126
6. Hosea 5:8–15......Page 127
7. Hosea 6:1–3......Page 129
8. Hosea 7:11......Page 130
9. Reversal of the “Exodus” in 8:13, 9:3, and 11:5......Page 135
10. Hosea 12:7, 10......Page 138
11. The Final Restoration: Hosea 14:2–9......Page 140
12. Summary and Conclusion......Page 141
Chapter 5. THE TRADITIONS OF “ISRAEL” IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA: EVIDENCE FOR A POST-MONARCHIC DATE AND JUDAHITE PROVENANCE......Page 143
1. The Date of Deuteronomy......Page 146
2. The Covenant in the Book of Hosea......Page 149
3. The Marriage in the Book of Hosea......Page 150
4. Hosea 1:1......Page 151
5. Hosea 1:4......Page 152
6. Hosea 1:9......Page 153
7. Hosea 2:1......Page 155
8. Hosea 2:16–17......Page 158
9. Hosea 9:1–9......Page 161
10. Hosea 11:8......Page 166
11. The Exodus Tradition in the Book of Hosea......Page 167
12. The Wilderness Tradition in the Book of Hosea......Page 168
13. The Jacob Tradition in the Book of Hosea......Page 171
15. Conclusion......Page 176
Chapter 6. CONCLUSION......Page 177
Bibliography......Page 184
Index of References......Page 194
Index of Authors......Page 198