Hosea
Bibliography
Introduction
Hosea and the covenant
The basic message of Hosea
Form, structure, and style
The isolation of poetry in Hosea
The historical setting
Hosea the prophet and his family
Hosea's audience
The text of Hosea
Unity and integrity
Assumptions about dates
Some notable vocabulary
Pericope divisions in Hosea
Translation and commentary
The title and the time (1:1)
The children's names presage judgment (1:2-9)
Israel's restoration in Jezreel's great day (2:1-3[1:10
2:1])
Divorce proceedings with a surprise ending (2:4-17 [2-15])
Images of restoration (2:18-25 [16-23])
Israel loved and therefore chastened (3:1-5)
Yahweh's case against Israel (4:1-19)
An unclean people summoned to judgment (5:1-7)
Wrath, return, restoration (5:8-7:1a)
Ephraim mixed up among the nations (7:1a-16)
Israel reaps the storm for its sin (8:1-14)
From festival days to punishment days (9:1-9)
Ephraim rejected, exiled, unloved (9:10-17)
The end of cult, king, and capital (10:1-8)
War against the wicked ones (10:9-15)
Israel in and out of Egypt (11:1-11)
Israel a deceiver (12:1 [11:12]
13:1)
"I will destroy you, Israel" (13:2
14:1 [13:16])
A promise for the remnant that will return (14:2-9 [1-8])
Challenge to the wise reader (14:10 [9])
Joel
Bibliography
Introduction
Joel's era
Sructure
Style
Joel's message
The text of Joel
Previous scholarship in Joel
Translation and commentary
A simple title (1:1)
A call to lament (1:2-20)
Excursus: literal or figurative locusts?
Sounding the alarm in Zion (2:1-17)
Restoration and the outpouring of the spirit (2:18
3:5 [2:18-32])
Judgment against Israel's enemies (4:1-21 [3:1-21])
Amos
Bibliography
Introduction
Amos' era
The man Amos
Amos' style
The structure of the book
Amos' message
Previous research on Amos
Translation and commentary
The title and the time (1:1)
Yahweh the lion sends desolation (1:2)
Judgment for international and Israelite atrocities (1:3
2:16)
Covenantal accountability (3:1-2)
A list of inseparables (3:3-8)
The annihilation of the opulent (3:9
4:3)
Past punishments only a sampling (4:4-13)
A lament for fallen Israel (5:1-17)
The woeful day of Yahweh (5:18-27)
The first shall be first (6:1-7)
Complete defeat to come (6:8-14)
Vision of doom and an official response (7:1
8:3)
Hypocrisy: punishments fitting the crime (8:4-14)
No escape from the Almighty's wrath (9:1-10)
Restoration, rebuilding, replanting (9:11-15)
Obadiah
Bibliography
Introduction
Past scholarship on Obadiah
Date
Edom in biblical history
Prophetic oracles against foreigh nations
Authorship
Text
The message
Translation and commentary
Edom and the future of Israel (1-21)
Jonah
Bibliography
Introduction
Jonah the prophet
Authorship
Date and setting
Canonization
Message and Purpose
Form and structure
Style
Unity and integrity
Historicity
Sources for the story
Text
The importance of Jonah 4:2
Translation and commentary
Jonah rebels against Yahweh's revelation (1:1-3)
Storm and sacrifice at sea (1:4-16)
Jonah rescued by Yahweh's grace (2:1-11)
A second beginning (3:1-3a)
Preaching and repentance at Nineveh (3:3b-10)
Excursus: The sign of Jonah (Matt 12:39-41; Luke 11:29-32)
God teaches Jonah about anger and compassion (4:1-11)