Reconsidering the Date and Provenance of the Book of Hosea: The Case for Persian-Period Yehud

by James M. Bos

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567657175
• ISBN13: 9780567657176
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"