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Metaphors and Similes for Yahweh in Hosea 14:2-9 (1-8)

A Study of Hoseanic Pictorial Language. Dissertationsschrift

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Compared with the effort to interpret Hosea 1-3, the final chapter has been rather neglected. Additionally, the variety of explanations of biblical images in Hos 14 indicates a necessity to clarify the methods of their interpretation. The metaphors and similes of Hos 14:2-9 referring to Yahweh, healing, loving dew , and tree , are investigated. They are interpreted on the background of their language conventions. Thereby the actual usage in Hosea with its twists, alterations, and reversals becomes obvious. The study demonstrates that Hosea's metaphors and similes are deeply rooted in Israelite language traditions. They are not to be interpreted as literal description of cultic experiences. All the metaphors for Yahweh in Hos 14 are traditionally connected with kingship. They are used in such a way that they express an eschatological hope with Yahweh as Israel's king, however, without downgrading Yahweh's radical judgment.

Produktdetails

• Friedensauer Schriftenreihe 1
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 33666
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9783631336663
• ISBN-10: 3631336667
• Artikelnr.: 28183386

Autorenporträt

The Author: Bernhard Oestreich, born 1949 in Erfurt (Germany), studied theology at Friedensau, Leipzig, Rostock, Halle (Saale) and Berrien Springs (USA). He served as a pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1971 to 1977. Since 1978 he teaches at the Theologische Hochschule Friedensau (former Theologisches Seminar Friedensau).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The Structure of Hos 14:2-9 - Yahweh as healer - The healing metaphor in Hosea - Marital love in Hosea - The origin of the marriage metaphor - Parental love in Hosea - The origin of the adoption metaphor - The dew similes in Hosea - The background of the dew image - Dew as a symbol of divine creation - The tree simile in Hos 14:9 - The background of the tree image - The royal connotations and eschatological implications of the images in Hos 14.

Rezensionen

"Mit der Dissertation zum Hoseabuch aus der Hand von Oestreich eröffnet der Peter Lang Verlag die neue Reihe 'Friedensauer Schriftenreihe - Theologie'. Und dieses Anfangswerk ist sogleich ein gelungener Auftakt, dem man noch weitere auf ähnlich hohem Niveau stehende Nachfolgebände wünscht." (David Volgger, Antonianum)