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Hosea 5:15 - 6:6
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Comparative Texts:
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IV.XVII.4, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter XIII,
Adversus Judaeos,
Tertullian (c.
198) |
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IV.6, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
VIII, Considering Repentance,
Tertullian
(c. 203) |
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II.13,
II.17, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 208) |
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IV.17,
IV.18,
IV.43, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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Chapter II, On
Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
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John Calvin's Commentary
on Hosea.
 | "God does not so punish men as to pourforth his wrath upon them for their
destruction; but that heintends, on the contrary, to promote their salvation, when he
issevere in punishing their sins." |
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| From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 6.
| "He shows to them what his doctrine was aimed at, that they should unite
the obedience of God, and the love of their neighbour, with outward
sacrifices." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. Chapter 6.
| "This exposes the folly of those who trust in outward observances, to make
up for their want of love to God and man." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
Chapter
6.
| "The affectionate knowledge of God, which fills the mind with reverence of
his majesty, fear of his goodness, love of his holiness, trust in his promise, and
submission to his will." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 6.
| "As God Himself instituted sacrifices, it cannot mean that He desired them
not absolutely, but that even in the Old Testament, He valued moral obedience as
the only end for which positive ordinances, such as sacrifices, were instituted--as
of more importance than a mere external ritual obedience." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Hosea 5:15-6:6, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
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"Following the
devastation of the previous verses, 5:15 is a word from God that
introduces the response from Israel in 6:1-3." |
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Hosea 5:15 - 6:6, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"Learning What Righteousness Means: Hosea 6:6 and the Ethic of Mercy in
Matthew's Gospel," Mary Hinkle, Word & World, 1998.
| "For Matthew the difference between Jesus and his
adversaries is based on Hosea 6:6: Whose observance of the law is
characterized by the steadfast love that God desires from Israel and
whose not?" |
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| Articles & Background:
| "A Form-Critical
ReReading of Hosea," by Marvin A. Sweeney, Claremont Graduate School. Journal
of Hebrew Scripture.
| "The interest in calling for Israel's return to YHWH and in the
reunification of Israel and Judah under a single Davidic monarch is the key factor in
establishing the setting for the composition of the book of Hosea." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
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ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Good, Edwin M., "Hosea 5:8-6:6 - An
Alternative to Alt," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1966.
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| Hinkle, Mary, "Learning What
Righteousness Means: Hosea 6:6 and the Ethic of Mercy in Matthew's
Gospel," Word & World, 1998.
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| Keown, Gerald L., "Hosea 6:4-6," Review &
Expositor, 1993.
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| Roberts, J.J.M., "Hosea and the Sacrificial Cultus,"
Restoration Quarterly, 1972.
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| Silva, Charles H., "The Literary Structure of Hosea
4-8," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
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| Smothers, Thomas G., "Preaching and Praying
Repentance in Hosea," Review & Expositor, 1993.
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| Wijngaards, J., "Death and Resurrection in Covenantal
Context (Hos. 6:2)," Vetus Testamentum, 1967.
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