Hosea 11:1-11
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- "God's Grief," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Part 33, On the Incarnation of the Word, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Hosea.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "God considers with himself, and that with a certain grief, how to punish them."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that away, then the great day of his wrath comes."
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "But Israel, the first adopted son was a type of Christ the first - born. And the history of Israel's coming out was a type of Christ's future coming out of Egypt."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, J. Clinton McCann, Pentecost 10C Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "Like last week's Old Testament lesson (Hosea 1:2-10), Hosea 11:1-11 offers striking testimony to the gracious, merciful, and steadfastly loving character of Israel's God."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Hosea 11:1-11, Pentecost 10C, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
-
Hosea 11:1-11,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly
Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Throughout this passage, we sense the tempestuous moods of God, the deep tides of God?s compassion surging against the rock of a justly-deserved punishment for the people?s faithlessness."
- Hosea 11, The Dark Side of God: Considerations for Preaching and Teaching, Richard Nysse, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Seminary, 1997.
- Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths, Pentecost C9, Dennis Bratcher, Christian
Resource Institute.
- "The preaching paths for this text can go many directions depending on the application, but they should not stray too far from the central theme of grace."
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Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, J. Clinton McCann, Pentecost 10C Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- Articles & Background:
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"Metaphors in Hosea," Jack P. Lewis,
Festschrift in Honor of Charles
Speel, Monmouth College, 1997.
- "The prodigal son metaphor is one of the best known of the book (Hos. 11:1); however, the image is by no means unique."
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"'Our Mother who art in Heaven' -- challenging dominant masculinity,"
Wanjiru Kariuki, Online Journal, 2006. African perspective.
- "Thanks, in particular, to the critical effort of the pamphlet, The War against Women, which has managed to bring to the surface the dominance of male language used in reference to God, that would have largely gone unnoticed, gender consciousness in the church has begun."
- "The Feminist Critique of God-Language," Neil Gillman, MyJewishLearning.com. Reprinted from Jewish Lights.
- "A Form-Critical ReReading of Hosea," by Marvin A. Sweeney, Claremont Graduate School. Journal of Hebrew Scripture.
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"Metaphors in Hosea," Jack P. Lewis,
Festschrift in Honor of Charles
Speel, Monmouth College, 1997.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Adams, Robert Merrihew, "How Can I
Give You Up, O Ephraim?" Theology Today, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chapman, Kathryn, "Hosea 11:1-4 -- Images of a Loving
Parent," Review & Expositor, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaiser, Frederick J., "Preaching God: Hosea 11:1-11,"
Word & World, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Howard, Tracy L., "The Use of Hosea 11:1 in Matthew
2:15: An Alternative Solution," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Joosten, Jan, "Targumic Aramaic MERU'A' --
'Oppression' (Isaiah 47, Hosea 11:7, Micah 6:3," Vetus Testamentum,
2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Nysse, Richard, "The Dark Side of
God: Considerations for Preaching and Teaching," Word & World,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Padilla, Elaine,
"'The Love that Never Fails' - HESED and Covenant in Hosea,"
The Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Patterson, Richard D., "Parental Love As A Metaphor
for Divine-Human Love," Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ritschl, Dietrich, "God's Conversion: An Exposition
of Hosea 11," Interpretation, 1961.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sailhamer, John, "Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:15,"
Westminster Theological Journal, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Silva, Charles H., "The Literary Structure of Hosea
9-14," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Adams, Robert Merrihew, "How Can I
Give You Up, O Ephraim?" Theology Today, 2006.
- Sermons:
- "Broken Hearted God," the Rev. Mimi Walker, Day 1, 2010.
- Reviews:
- Review: Joy Philip Kakkanattu, God's Enduring Love in the Book of Hosea: A Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Hosea 11:1-11. Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Review by Sven Petry, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Hosea 11:4. The Cyber Hymnal.
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