Reading Hosea in Achaemenid Yehud (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement)

James M. Trotter
Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 13/12/2001
EAN 9781841271972, ISBN10: 1841271977

Hardcover, 236 pages, 23.4 x 16 x 1.8 cm

An examination of the final form of Hosea within the socio-historical context of Persian period Judah, using both historical-critical and reader-oriented perspectives. This work examines the final form of Hosea within the socio-historical context of Persian period Judah, making use of insights from historical-critical and reader-oriented perspectives. The amalgamation of these two seemingly divergent approaches creates a framework within which the setting and interpretive practices of both the modern critic and the ancient reader(s) can be taken seriously. The resulting examination proposes a reading of Hosea shaped, as far as possibly, by the reading conventions and socio-religious concerns of Persian period Judahites.