Download or read book Hosea written by A. Macintosh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here Andrew Macintosh provides a major introduction, followed by translation and verse-by-verse commentary to Hosea. Incorporating up-to-date evidence from archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as the insights of more recent major commentaries, he places particular emphasis on the work of the Rabbinic authorities and especially that of Ibn Janah. He reveals important new evidence concerning the meaning of Hosea's dialectical language to provide an indispensable reference for scholars, students and clergy.