"Scholarship has viewed the book of Hosea as originating in eighth-century Israel before being taken to Judah, where it underwent one or more redactions in later centuries. However, evidence suggests that the book should be viewed as a Judahite text from the start, of late sixth or early fifth century B.C.E composition. The post-monarchic period in Yehud provides the most fitting context for the anti-monarchical ideology of the book, with the polemic against Benjamin explicable only as a result of the tension between the governing Saulides resident in Mizpah and the Judahite elite who had recently immigrated to Jerusalem from Mesopotamia in the late sixth century. The dual theme of Exile and Return present in the book is consistent with the discourse found in other sixth century Judahite books. Additionally, the book shows a broad familiarity with Judahite historiographic traditions, many of which are in all probability seventh century or later. Thus, the book of Hosea should be interpreted as a work by a Judahite scribe for a Judahite audience."--Bloomsbury Publishing
This study argues that the book of Hosea ought to be understood and read as a text that was composed in Persian-period Yehud rather than in eight-century Israel. The author challenges the traditional scholarship and emphasizes that there is the evidence to suggest that the book should be viewed as a Judahite text - a book that was composed in the late sixth or early fifth century B.C.E. Bos provides an overview of the state of prophetic research, as well as a discussion of genre and the generation of prophetic books, linguistic dating and provenance; and a survey of Hosea research. Bos discusses various aspects of the book of Hosea that aim to prove his argument the book was composed in Persian-period Yehud - the anti-monarchical ideology of the book, the dual theme of 'Exile' and 'Return' which is consistent with the discourse found in other Judahite books dating to the sixth century; and the historiographical traditions

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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies : Reconsidering the Date and Provenance of the Book of Hosea: the Case for Persian-Period Yehud

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

T & T Clark International

T&T Clark; Bloomsbury

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury UK

Methuen Drama

Cassell

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 580, T & T Clark library of biblical studies, Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 580., T & T Clark library of biblical studies, New York, New York State, 2013

Library of Hebrew Bible, 1. publ, New York, 2013

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Bloomsbury UK, London, 2013

1st ed, London, 2014

1, 20130411

PS, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and indexes.
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CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
1. The Implications of Literacy in Israel and Judah for Understanding the Production of the Prophetic Books
2. Evidence for the Writing Down and Preservation of Prophetic Materials in the Monarchic Period
3. Other Potential Literary Models for Understanding the Prophetic Books
4. Linguistic Evidence for the Date or Provenance of the Book of Hosea?
5. Earlier Treatments of the Book of Hosea That Fall Within the “New Paradigm”
6. Dating the Book of Hosea
Chapter 2. THE ANTI-MONARCHICAL IDEOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF HOSEA AS EVIDENCE FOR A PERSIAN-PERIOD DATE OF COMPOSITION AND JUDAHITE PROVENANCE
1. Hosea 10:3–4, 7
2. Hosea 13:9–11 and 8:4a
3. Hosea 9:9 and 10:9; 9:15
4. Hosea 10:13b–14a; 8:14; 14:4b; 1:7; 2:20
5. Hosea 5:1–7; 7:3–7; 8:10
6. Hosea 2:2a and 3:5
7. Conclusion
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
1. Jerusalem in Competition with Mizpah, Bethel, and Samaria
2. The Polemic Against Benjamin in the Hebrew Bible
3. Analysis of the Anti-Benjamin Polemic in the Book of Hosea
4. The Polemic Against Bethel in the Book of Hosea
5. Polemic Against the Benjaminite Site of Gilgal
6. The Polemic Against Samaria and Shechem
7. Conclusion
Chapter 4. THE PERVASIVENESS OF THE JUDAHITE DUAL THEME OF EXILE–RETURN IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA AS EVIDENCE FOR A PERSIAN-PERIOD DATE
1. Hosea 1:6
2. Hosea 2:1–2
3. The Name “Jezreel”
4. Hosea 3:5
5. Hosea 4:16, 19
6. Hosea 5:8–15
7. Hosea 6:1–3
8. Hosea 7:11
9. Reversal of the “Exodus” in 8:13, 9:3, and 11:5
10. Hosea 12:7, 10
11. The Final Restoration: Hosea 14:2–9
12. Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5. THE TRADITIONS OF “ISRAEL” IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA: EVIDENCE FOR A POST-MONARCHIC DATE AND JUDAHITE PROVENANCE
1. The Date of Deuteronomy
2. The Covenant in the Book of Hosea
3. The Marriage in the Book of Hosea
4. Hosea 1:1
5. Hosea 1:4
6. Hosea 1:9
7. Hosea 2:1
8. Hosea 2:16–17
9. Hosea 9:1–9
10. Hosea 11:8
11. The Exodus Tradition in the Book of Hosea
12. The Wilderness Tradition in the Book of Hosea
13. The Jacob Tradition in the Book of Hosea
14. Hosea 13:10–11 (and 8:4)
15. Conclusion
Chapter 6. CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors

2023-06-28