The Oxford Handbook of Hosea

The Oxford Handbook of Hosea is a collection of essays that provide resources for the interpretation of the book of Hosea. The volume examines interpretive elements and approaches that are deemed essential for interpretation or that are representative of significant trends in present and future study. Each essay addresses one particular element or approach and will critically survey prior scholarship before presenting current and prospective approaches.In many ways, research on the book of Hosea is representative of the developments and current trends in prophetic study as a whole. Hence, while dedicated to the book of Hosea, the collection of essays in this volume provides a snapshot of what today's fully orbed scholarship on a prophetic book should look like. The collection begins with background-oriented essays that discuss the history, text, and compositional growth of Hosea. The volume includes a section of essays that survey established and emerging perspectives on key representative texts from the book. The essays then treat the book of Hosea's major theological and literary elements, themes, and motifs before moving on to examine diverse interpretive theories, contexts, and approaches. The final group of essays in the volume investigates major trends in the reception history of Hosea, including the book's use in popular movies and novels, as well as Asian and African American interpretation.The Handbook provides state-of-the-art essays for graduate students and scholars on a wide variety of key subject areas relating to the interpretation of the book of Hosea.

List of AbbreviationsAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Brad E. Kelle1. Does (and Should) Hosea Matter Still?, Carol J. Dempsey, OPPart I: History, Text, and Composition2. The Book of Hosea and the History of Eighth-Century BCE Israel, Shuichi Hasegawa3. Assyria and Its Image in Hosea, Shawn Zelig Aster4. Hosea the ?Historical Prophet? of the Eighth Century BCE, Hosea the Remembered Prophet of Yehudite Literati, and the Book of Hosea, Ehud Ben Zvi and Ian D. Wilson5. The Book of Hosea and Israelite Religion in the Eighth Century BCE, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer6. The Book of Hosea and the Socioeconomic Conditions of Eighth-Century BCE Israel, Davis Hankins7. Transformation and Reinterpretation in the Composition and Redaction of Hosea, Susanne Rudnig-Zelt8. The Book of Hosea and Northern/Israelian Hebrew, Na'ama Pat-El9. Texts and Versions of the Book of Hosea, Eric J. Tully10. Hosea in the Book of the Twelve, Mark LeuchterPart II: Key Texts: Established and Emerging Perspectives11. Hosea 1-3, the Marriage Metaphor, and the Ties that Bind, Amy Kalmanofsky12. Hosea 5:8-6:6, Alt's Hypothesis, and New Possibilities, Marvin A. Sweeney13. Hosea 7-8 and the Critique of Kings, Politics, and Power, Jerry Hwang14. Hosea 11 and Metaphors of Identity, Relationship, and Core Values in Contexts of Trauma, Jennifer M. Matheny15. Hosea 12-13 and Prophetic Composition, Rhetoric, and Recollection, John GoldingayPart III: Theological and Literary Elements, Themes, and Motifs16. Metaphors in the Book of Hosea, Mason D. Lancaster17. Intertextuality and Traditions in the Book of Hosea, G?ran Eidevall18. God's Character in the Book of Hosea, Bo H. Lim19. Kingship and Political Power in the Book of Hosea, Heath D. Dewrell20. Sin and Punishment in the Book of Hosea, Joshua N. Moon21. Repentance in the Book of Hosea, Mark J. Boda22. Gender and Sexual Violence in Hosea, Kirsi CobbPart IV: Interpretive Theories and Approaches23. Hosea in Feminist and Womanist Interpretation, Vanessa Lovelace24. Masculinity Studies and Hosea, Susan E. Haddox25. Queer Theory and Hosea, Jennifer J. Williams26. Postcolonialism as a Methodological Approach to Hosea, Jeremiah W. Cataldo27. Prolegomena to the Ecological Interpretation of Hosea, Peter TrudingerPart V: Reception28. Hosea in Rabbinic Literature, Devorah Schoenfeld29. Hosea in the New Testament, Steve Moyise30. Hosea in Popular Culture, Emily O. Gravett31. The Ghost of Hosea in African American Interpretation, Aaron Dorsey32. Hosea in Asia-centric Interpretation, Barbara M. Leung LaiIndex