No items in cart

| Checkout | My Account | Help

Free Shipping. $59 or more. Details here!

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed | A BIGGER selection for a BETTER price!

Browse

Art

Biographies

Business/Investing

Children's Books

Computers/Internet

Cooking/Beverages

Health/Fitness

History

Fiction

Parenting & Families

Reference

Religious/Spirituality

Science

Sports

Travel

Find related items:

Religion > Bible > Commentaries > Old Testament

Item Detail

Metaphors And Similes For Yahweh In Hosea 14:2-9 (1-8): A Study Of Hoseanic Pictorial Language

Author(s): Oestreich, Bernhard

ISBN10: 3631336667

ISBN13: 9783631336663

Cover: Paperback

Currently Not Available

List Price ~~$54.95~~
Our Price $52.50
You save $2.45

Preface

(13)

List Of Abbreviations

(4)

Introduction

(28)

Introduction to the Problem

(1)

Review of Literature on the Exegesis of Biblical Metaphors

(9)

Rhetorical Tradition

(1)

Mythological and Cultic Interpretations

(3)

Metaphors Explained According to Iconography

(1)

Semantic Interpretations

(2)

Linguistic Interpretations

(2)

Review of Works on Hosea 14

(6)

Commentaries

(3)

Studies on Hosea's Images

(3)

On the Interpretation of Metaphors

(8)

Method of the Study

(4)

Limitation And Structure Of The Passage Hosea 14:2-9 (ENG. 1-8)

(12)

Limitation of the Text

Unity of the Passage

(2)

Substructure of the Passage

(11)

The ``Healing'' Metaphor In Hosea 14:5 (ENG. 14:4)

(32)

Introduction

(1)

The Concept of Sickness/Healing in the Old Testament

(14)

Healing of Wounds

(1)

The Meaning of ***

(1)

The Context of the Term

(2)

The Persons Involved

(5)

Yahweh as Healer

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Suggested Interpretations

(3)

Yahweh as the Father/King

(2)

The Age of the Concept

(1)

The Healing Metaphor in the Book of Hosea

(12)

Hosea 5:12-13; 6:1

(1)

The Situation of the People

(2)

Hosea Employs Metaphorical Language

(1)

Hosea Uses a Common Metaphor

(2)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

(3)

Hosea 6:11b-7:1

(1)

The Metaphor

(1)

Yahweh Acts in the Father's/King's Role

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

(2)

Hosea 11:1-3

(1)

The Metaphor

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

(1)

The Meaning of the Healing Metaphor in Hosea 14:5

(5)

The Conventional Metaphor

(1)

New Feature: Apostasy as the Object of Yahweh's Healing

(1)

The Meaning of the Healing Metaphor

(1)

Israel's Desperate Situation

(1)

The Expression of Hone

(1)

Royal Connotations of the Metaphor

(1)

Covenant Connotations of the Metaphor

(2)

The ``Love'' Metaphor In Hosea 14:5 (Eng. 14:4)

(68)

Introduction

(1)

*** in the Old Testament

(2)

The Meaning of the Term ***

(1)

The Use in the Old Testament

(1)

Parallels

(1)

Areas of Meaning

(1)

Marital Love in the Book of Hosea

(17)

Introduction

(1)

Hosea 1:2

(1)

The Metaphor

(2)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

(1)

Hosea 2: Aspects of the Marriage Metaphor

(5)

Hosea 3

100

(1)

The Metaphor

100

(3)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

103

(1)

Hosea 5:7

104

(1)

The Metaphor

104

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

104

(1)

Summary: Characteristics of the Marriage Metaphor

105

(1)

A Broken Relationship

105

(1)

Fertility Is Not Prominent

105

(1)

Juridical and Historical Emphasis

106

(1)

Shocking Language for Apostasy

107

(1)

Origin of the Marriage Metaphor

108

(17)

Previous Suggestions

108

(1)

Hosea's Own Martial Experience

108

(1)

Fertility Religion

109

(4)

Yahweh Is Called ``Baal''

113

(1)

Covenant

114

(1)

Background of the Metaphor

115

(1)

Hosea Supposes the Metaphor to Be Known

115

(1)

The Fornication Motif

115

(3)

The Jealousy Motif

118

(3)

The Expulsion Motif

121

(1)

The Treaty Language

122

(1)

Yahweh Commanded to Employ the Marriage Metaphor

123

(1)

Summary

123

(2)

Parental Love in the Book of Hosea

125

(15)

Hosea 11:1-4

125

(1)

The Metaphor

125

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

126

(6)

Hosea 9:10

132

(1)

The Metaphor

132

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

133

(5)

Hosea 9:15

138

(1)

The Metaphor

138

(1)

The Meaning of the Metaphor

138

(1)

Summary: Characteristics of the Adoption Metaphor

139

(1)

Origin of the Adoption Metaphor

140

(9)

Previous Suggestions

140

(1)

Introduced by Hosea for the First Time

140

(3)

Divine Adoption of a King

143

(1)

Wisdom Tradition

143

(1)

The Background of the Adoption Metaphor

143

(1)

Israel Is Yahweh's First-born Son

143

(2)

Yahweh Is the Father of the Orphans

145

(1)

Israel Is the Rebellious Adoptive Son

145

(1)

Father-son Image in Treaty Language

146

(2)

Summary

148

(1)

The Meaning of the Love Metaphor in Hosea 14:5

149

(8)

Hosea 14:5 Employs the Conventional Adoption Metaphor

149

(1)

Parallel to Hos 11:1-4

149

(1)

Context

150

(1)

Free-will Action

151

(1)

Reference to the Negative Tradition

152

(1)

New Features of the Image

153

(1)

Positive Context

153

(1)

Emotional Emphasis

153

(1)

Invitation of the Audience

153

(1)

The Meaning of the Love Metaphor in Hosea 14:5

154

(1)

Yahweh Begins Anew

154

(1)

Royal Connotations of the Metaphor

154

(1)

Parallel to the Marriage Metaphor

154

(3)

The ``Dew'' Metaphor In Hosea 14:6 (Eng. 14:5)

157

(34)

Introduction

157

(1)

Dew in Palestine

157

(3)

Summer Dew

157

(1)

Fall Dew (Drizzle)

158

(1)

Abundance of Dew

158

(1)

Importance of Dew for Vegetation

159

(1)

The Dew Similes in the Book of Hosea

160

(9)

Hosea 6:4

160

(1)

The Text and Its Similes

160

(1)

The Meaning of the Images in the Context

161

(1)

The Dew Image

162

(2)

Parallelism of the Cloud and Dew Images

164

(1)

Background of the negative Dew Image

164

(1)

Hosea 13:3

165

(1)

The Text and Its Similes

165

(1)

The Meaning of the Images in the Context

166

(1)

The Meaning of the Cluster of Images

167

(1)

The Communicative Effects of the Cluster

168

(1)

The Old Testament Background of the Dew Image

169

(13)

Blessing

169

(1)

Miracle

170

(1)

Dew as a Military Image?

171

(2)

Dew's Soft and Almost Hidden Effectiveness?

173

(1)

Dew in Connection with Creation and Resurrection

173

(1)

Isa 26:19

173

(6)

Ps 110:3

179

(2)

Ps 133:3

181

(1)

Dew as a Negative Image

182

(1)

Cant 5:2

182

(1)

Dan 4 and 5

182

(1)

The Dew Image in Hosea 14:6

182

(9)

Suggested Canaanite Background

182

(2)

The Dew in Hosea 14:6 as an Image for Eschatological Blessing

184

(1)

Blessing as Traditional Background

184

(1)

New Features of the Dew Image

185

(2)

The Meaning of the Dew Simile

187

(4)

The ``Tree'' Metaphor In Hosea 14:9 (Eng. 14:8)

191

(36)

Introduction

191

(1)

The *** Tree

192

(3)

The Background of the Tree Image

195

(20)

Suggested Interpretations of the Tree Image

196

(1)

Israel

196

(1)

The Righteous

197

(1)

The Lover

198

(1)

Vitality and Fertility

199

(1)

Tree of Life

200

(1)

God or Goddess

201

(6)

Sacred Trees, Sacred Groves

207

(2)

The Forest Tree as an Image of the Kind

209

(1)

Biblical and Extrabiblical Evidence

209

(5)

Mythic-ritual Symbol or Metaphor?

214

(1)

The Tree Image in Hosea 14.9

215

(12)

The Royal-tree Image as Background

215

(2)

The New Features of the Tree Simile in Hosea 14:9

217

(1)

The Simile

217

(1)

Fruit as the Extension of the Royal-tree Image

217

(1)

The Paradise Trees as Background for the Fruit

218

(3)

Lebanon Tree and Fruit Tree in Canticles

221

(1)

The Meaning of the Tree Simile in Hosea 14:9

222

(1)

Paradise Regained with Yahweh, the Eschatological King

222

(1)

Tree Image and Fertility

223

(4)

Conclusions

227

(8)

Conventional Metaphors

227

(1)

The Rational Effect of the Metaphors

227

(1)

Metaphoric Network

228

(4)

Royal Images

229

(1)

Presupposed Covenant

230

(1)

Images of Paradise

230

(2)

Results for the Interpretation of the Whole Book

232

(3)

Selected Bibliography

235

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed | A BIGGER Selection at a BETTER price!

Better Selection, Better Prices

Biggerbooks.com offers a wide selection of new and used books, bestselling books, new releases, textbooks and more. Biggerbooks partners with the largest publishers and distribution centers to offer the cheapest book prices possible. Our goal is to provide you the best selection of books with the best prices.