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Hosea 2: Metaphor And Rhetoric in Historical Perspective (Academia Biblica (Series) (Society of Biblical Literature)) - Softcover

Brad E. Kelle

 
9781589831896: Hosea 2: Metaphor And Rhetoric in Historical Perspective (Academia Biblica (Series) (Society of Biblical Literature))
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1589831896 ISBN 13: 9781589831896
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005

Synopsis

The complex and, at times, violent metaphorical discourse of Hosea 2 has elicited a variety of interpretive approaches. This study explores the text from the perspective of rhetorical criticism. The classical conception of rhetoric as the art of persuasion and the function of metaphor within persuasive discourses and social settings correlate with the oracular characteristics of Hosea 2 and illuminate its use of specific metaphors. A reading of Hosea 2 from this perspective proposes that the prophets of Israel may have functioned in a manner similar to the orators of ancient Greece, who delivered extended rhetorical discourses designed to discern meaning in contemporary events and to persuade audiences. This study offers a distinctively political reading of Hosea 2 that explores the text as a metaphorical and theological commentary on the political and religious dynamics in Israel at the close of the Syro-Ephraimitic War (731–730 B.C.E.).

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About the Author

Brad E. Kelle is Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California.

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Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1589831896
ISBN 13 
9781589831896
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
370