Resources for the Book of Hosea
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Hosea at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Book of Hosea, Wikipedia.
- Book of Hosea, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- Hosea from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Introduction and Outline by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Hosea.
- Hosea from Aaron Rittmaster's Hebrew Prophets Web.
- Introduction to the Book of Hosea, New American Bible.
- Study on Hosea by Hampton Keathley, IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Hosea) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Walking Through the Bible: Hosea, Joel, Amos.
- Biblenotes summary: Hosea.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
- Hosea, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Hosea, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Hosea, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Hosea, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Hosea, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Amos and Hosea," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Book of the Twelve, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Hosea, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Hosea, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Free Bible Commentary, Amos, Hosea, Jonah, Micah, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
- Articles and Background:
- "What Should I Read on Hosea?" James T. Dennison, Jr., Kerux, 1997.
- "A Form-Critical Rereading of Hosea," Marvin Sweeney. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol 2, Article 1 (1998).
- Hosea: "Upon Every Cornfloor," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Cook, Stephen L.,
"The Lineage Roots of Hosea's Yahwism," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Padilla, Elaine,
"'The Love that Never Fails' - HESED and Covenant in Hosea,"
The Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pakala, James C., "A Librarian's
Comments on Commentaries: 24, Hosea," Presbyterion, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Premnath, D.N., "Amos and Hosea:
Sociohistorical Backgorund and Prophetic Critique," Word & World,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schart, Aaron, "The First Section of
the Book of the Twelve Prophets: Hosea - Joel - Amos," Interpretation,
2007. (See also Interpretation, April, 2007 issue focus:
The Book of the Twelve.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Silva, Charles H., "Literary Features in the Book of
Hosea," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Cook, Stephen L.,
"The Lineage Roots of Hosea's Yahwism," Semeia, 1999.
- Reviews:
- Review: Eugen J. Pentiuc, Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2002. Review by Ehud Ben Zvi in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Eugen J. Pentiuc, Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2002. Review by Harry P Nasuti in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
- Review: Alice A. Keefe, Woman's Body and the Social Body in Hosea. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Review by Regine Hunziker-Rodewald in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Ehud Ben Zvi, Hosea. Eerdmans, 2005. Review by Laurie Braaten, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- The Text This Week's links and resources to information about the Hebrew Prophets.
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