Hosea : a textual commentary / Mayer I. Gruber. [print]

By:

Gruber, Mayer I. (Mayer Irwin) [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 653. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury T and T Clark, [(c)2017.Description: xv, 657 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780567671745
0567671747

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LOC classification:

BS1565.52.H674 2017
BS1565.52.G885.H674 2017

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Contents:

1. Why another commentary on Hosea: A) My mentors and my own previous work B) The Book of Hosea and biblical rhetoric 2. The divisions of the Book of Hosea and their provenance: A) Hosea 1-3 and Hosea 4-14 B) Chapters of the Book in Greek, English and Hebrew C) Subdivisions of the Greek text of Hosea according to Codex Vaticanus D) Divisions recognized in masoretic codices 3. Judahite additions and emendations in Hosea 4. Influences of the Book of Hosea Hosea: a new translation Hosea: a new commentary.

Summary: "Mayer I. Gruber provides a new commentary on and translation of Hosea. Building upon his work that debunked the myth of sacred prostitution, Gruber now goes on to show that the book of Hosea repeatedly advocates a single standard of marital fidelity for men and women and teaches cheated women to fight back. Gruber employs the latest and most precise findings of lexicography and poetics to solve the difficulties of the text and to determine both how Hosea can be read and what this means. The translation differs from classical and recent renderings in eliminating forms and expressions, which are neither modern English nor ancient Hebrew. Referring to places, events, and material reality of the 9th and 8th centuries BCE, Gruber uncovers the abiding messages of the heretofore obscure book of Hosea. As in previous studies, Gruber employs the insights of behavioral sciences to uncover forgotten meanings of numerous allusions, idioms, similes, and metaphors. Judicious use is made also of textual history, reception history, and personal voice criticism. One of the least biblical books now speaks more clearly to present and future audiences than it did to many previous audiences." ;

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"Mayer I. Gruber provides a new commentary on and translation of Hosea. Building upon his work that debunked the myth of sacred prostitution, Gruber now goes on to show that the book of Hosea repeatedly advocates a single standard of marital fidelity for men and women and teaches cheated women to fight back. Gruber employs the latest and most precise findings of lexicography and poetics to solve the difficulties of the text and to determine both how Hosea can be read and what this means. The translation differs from classical and recent renderings in eliminating forms and expressions, which are neither modern English nor ancient Hebrew. Referring to places, events, and material reality of the 9th and 8th centuries BCE, Gruber uncovers the abiding messages of the heretofore obscure book of Hosea. As in previous studies, Gruber employs the insights of behavioral sciences to uncover forgotten meanings of numerous allusions, idioms, similes, and metaphors. Judicious use is made also of textual history, reception history, and personal voice criticism. One of the least biblical books now speaks more clearly to present and future audiences than it did to many previous audiences." ; From the publisher.

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