The Oxford Handbook of Hosea

Brad E. Kelle is Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books and numerous scholarly articles. His work focuses on trauma, moral injury, violence, and biblical interpretation, with special emphasis on the Old Testament prophets and Israelite History. His most recent books include The Bible and Moral Injury: Reading Scripture alongside War's Unseen Wounds (Abingdon, 2020); Telling the Old Testament Story: God's Mission and God's People (Abingdon, 2017); and Ezekiel: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition (Beacon Hill, 2013).

• List of AbbreviationsAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgments Introduction, Brad E. Kelle 1. Does (and Should) Hosea Matter Still?, Carol J. Dempsey, OP Part I: History, Text, and Composition 2. The Book of Hosea and the History of Eighth-Century BCE Israel, Shuichi Hasegawa 3. Assyria and Its Image in Hosea, Shawn Zelig Aster 4. Hosea the <"Historical Prophet> " of the Eighth Century BCE, Hosea the Remembered Prophet of Yehudite Literati, and the Book of Hosea, Ehud Ben Zvi and Ian D. Wilson 5. The Book of Hosea and Israelite Religion in the Eighth Century BCE, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer 6. The Book of Hosea and the Socioeconomic Conditions of Eighth-Century BCE Israel, Davis Hankins 7. Transformation and Reinterpretation in the Composition and Redaction of Hosea, Susanne Rudnig-Zelt 8. The Book of Hosea and Northern/Israelian Hebrew, Na'ama Pat-El 9. Texts and Versions of the Book of Hosea, Eric J. Tully 10. Hosea in the Book of the Twelve, Mark Leuchter Part II: Key Texts: Established and Emerging Perspectives 11. Hosea 1-3, the Marriage Metaphor, and the Ties that Bind, Amy Kalmanofsky 12. Hosea 5:8-6:6, Alt's Hypothesis, and New Possibilities, Marvin A. Sweeney 13. Hosea 7-8 and the Critique of Kings, Politics, and Power, Jerry Hwang 14. Hosea 11 and Metaphors of Identity, Relationship, and Core Values in Contexts of Trauma, Jennifer M. Matheny 15. Hosea 12-13 and Prophetic Composition, Rhetoric, and Recollection, John Goldingay Part III: Theological and Literary Elements, Themes, and Motifs 16. Metaphors in the Book of Hosea, Mason D. Lancaster 17. Intertextuality and Traditions in the Book of Hosea, Göran Eidevall 18. God's Character in the Book of Hosea, Bo H. Lim 19. Kingship and Political Power in the Book of Hosea, Heath D. Dewrell 20. Sin and Punishment in the Book of Hosea, Joshua N. Moon 21. Repentance in the Book of Hosea, Mark J. Boda 22. Gender and Sexual Violence in Hosea, Kirsi Cobb Part IV: Interpretive Theories and Approaches 23. Hosea in Feminist and Womanist Interpretation, Vanessa Lovelace 24. Masculinity Studies and Hosea, Susan E. Haddox 25. Queer Theory and Hosea, Jennifer J. Williams 26. Postcolonialism as a Methodological Approach to Hosea, Jeremiah W. Cataldo 27. Prolegomena to the Ecological Interpretation of Hosea, Peter Trudinger Part V: Reception 28. Hosea in Rabbinic Literature, Devorah Schoenfeld 29. Hosea in the New Testament, Steve Moyise 30. Hosea in Popular Culture, Emily O. Gravett 31. The Ghost of Hosea in African American Interpretation, Aaron Dorsey 32. Hosea in Asia-centric Interpretation, Barbara M. Leung Lai Index

By presenting these 32 brilliant essays, the volume testifies to the diversity and liveliness in the current scholarship of Hosea and equips readers with interpretive tools of both established and newer approaches for further Hosea studies.