The Prophetic Word of Hosea: A Morphological Study

159 Pages·1969·5.02 MB·English

by  Martin J. Buss

Martin J. Buss
The Prophetic Word of Hosea

Martin J. Buss
The Prophetic Word of Hosea
A Morphological Study
Verlag Alfred Töpelmann
Berlin 1969
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Herausgegeben von Georg Fohrer
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1969
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To
Millar Burrows

Preface
The present study grew out of a seminar on Hosea led by Millar
Burrows. To him, as one inspiring scholarship, it is dedicated. In an
earlier form, it was presented to Yale University in 1958 as a Ph. D.
dissertation in religion. That form was microfilmed later by Disserta-
tion Abstracts; it contains a history of form criticism, especially on
the prophets, here omitted. Professors B. Davie Napier, Marvin Pope,
and (by letter) Gerhard von Rad stimulated it with helpful suggestions.
The revision of the dissertation for publication was aided by a
grant from the American Council of Learned Societies in 1964/65, as
part of a more comprehensive study of literary analysis. It involved
a stay at the Center for Advanced Studies of Wesleyan University, in
Middletown, Conn.; during that time Professor Brevard S. Childs at
nearby Yale graciously read and commented on part of the manu-
script. The research fund of Emory University has covered expenses
of typing and of some traveling. The major area of revision has been
in the final chapter, since the data of Hosea, inherently and in a
comparative view, appeared to force or facilitate a development in
the writer's theological perspective. To aid a theological discussion,
the needs of the general reader have been kept in mind in the pre-
sentation, even though the Old Testament specialist is primarily
addressed.
I am grateful to Professor Dr. Georg Fohrer for the inclusion of
the study in the Beihefte to ZAW. My wife deserves thanks for her
careful editing.

Abbreviations
AfO Archiv für Orientforschung
AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures
ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, ed. J. B.
Pritchard, 19552
AOT Altorientalische Texte zum Alten Testament, ed. H. Gressmann, 19262
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
C. H. Codex Hammurabi
DA Dissertation Abstracts
EvTh Evangelische Theologie
ExpT Expository Times
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
IDB Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JBR Journal of Bible and Religion
J NES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JPOS Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
J TS Journal of Theological Studies
KuD Kerygma und Dogma
LXX Septuagint
MGWJ Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums
MSS Manuscripts
MT Masoretic Text
NKZ Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift
Norsk TT Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift
OS Oudtestamentische Studien
RB Revue Biblique
RGG Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart
RHPR Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses
SVT Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
TL Theologische Literaturzeitung
TR Theologische Rundschau
TZ Theologische Zeitschrift
TWNT Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ed. G. Kittel
VT Vetus Testamentum
WuD Wort und Dienst