Resources for the Book of Hosea
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Hosea at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Book of Hosea, Wikipedia.
  • Book of Hosea, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
  • Hosea from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • Introduction and Outline by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Hosea.
  • Hosea from Aaron Rittmaster's Hebrew Prophets Web.
  • Introduction to the Book of Hosea, New American Bible.
  • Study on Hosea by Hampton Keathley, IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • Bible Basics (Hosea) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: Hosea, Joel, Amos.
  • Biblenotes summary: Hosea.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
  • Hosea, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Hosea, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Hosea, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Hosea, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Hosea, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • "Amos and Hosea," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
  • Book of the Twelve, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
  • The Book of Hosea, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Hosea, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, Amos, Hosea, Jonah, Micah, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • "What Should I Read on Hosea?" James T. Dennison, Jr., Kerux, 1997.
  • "A Form-Critical Rereading of Hosea," Marvin Sweeney. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol 2, Article 1 (1998).
  • Hosea: "Upon Every Cornfloor," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
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  • Cook, Stephen L., "The Lineage Roots of Hosea's Yahwism," Semeia, 1999.
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  • Padilla, Elaine, "'The Love that Never Fails' - HESED and Covenant in Hosea," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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  • Pakala, James C., "A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries: 24, Hosea," Presbyterion, 2007.
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  • Premnath, D.N., "Amos and Hosea: Sociohistorical Backgorund and Prophetic Critique," Word & World, 2008.
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  • Schart, Aaron, "The First Section of the Book of the Twelve Prophets: Hosea - Joel - Amos," Interpretation, 2007. (See also Interpretation, April, 2007 issue focus: The Book of the Twelve.)
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  • Silva, Charles H., "Literary Features in the Book of Hosea," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Eugen J. Pentiuc, Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2002. Review by Ehud Ben Zvi in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Review: Eugen J. Pentiuc, Long-Suffering Love: A Commentary on Hosea with Patristic Annotations. Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2002. Review by Harry P Nasuti in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
  • Review: Alice A. Keefe, Woman's Body and the Social Body in Hosea. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Review by Regine Hunziker-Rodewald in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Review: Ehud Ben Zvi, Hosea. Eerdmans, 2005. Review by Laurie Braaten, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
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