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Hosea
(Paperback)
Robin Routledge; Edited by David G. Firth; Edited by (consulting) Tremper Longman
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An adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth, while
her betrayed husband offers forgiveness and seeks to win her back.
With this bold and uncomfortable imagery, Hosea tells the story of
God and his people. God calls the prophet to embody this divine
suffering and redeeming forgiveness in his own marriage, thereby
setting the stage for his message of God's faithful and enduring
love, his righteous judgment, and his continuing offer of
reconciliation and restoration. This Tyndale commentary from Robin
Routledge explores the historical, cultural, literary, and
theological dimensions of the book of Hosea. The Tyndale
Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible
understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction
to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its
authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a
structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by
section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on
individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes
provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new
Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text
is structured under three headings: Context, Comment, and Meaning.
The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its
message plain.
This book examines community identity in the post-exilic temple
community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences
that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on
its construction. In the book, David Janzen reads Ezra-Nehemiah in
dialogue with the Achaemenids' Old Persian inscriptions, as well as
with other media the dynasty used, such as reliefs, seals, coins,
architecture, and imperial parks. In addition, he discusses the
cultural and religious background of Achaemenid thought, especially
its intersections with Zoroastrian beliefs. Ezra-Nehemiah, Janzen
argues, accepts Achaemenid claims for the necessity and beneficence
of their hegemony. The result is that Ezra-Nehemiah, like the
imperial ideology it mimics, claims that divine and royal wills are
entirely aligned. Ezra-Nehemiah reflects the Achaemenid assertion
that the peoples they have colonized are incapable of living in
peace and happiness without the Persian rule that God established
to benefit humanity, and that the dynasty rewards the peoples who
do what they desire, since that reflects divine desire. The final
chapter of the book argues that Ezra-Nehemiah was produced by an
elite group within the Persian-period temple assembly, and shows
that Ezra-Nehemiah's pro-Achaemenid worldview was not widely
accepted within that community.
Nahum's prophecy of Nineveh's coming destruction. Habakkuk's
probing dialogue with the Lord of Israel. Zephaniah's warning to
Jerusalem's last great king. In this Tyndale Old Testament
commentary, the texts of these minor but important prophets receive
a fresh analysis as S. D. Snyman considers each book's historical
setting, structure, and literary features as well as important
theological themes. The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help
the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it
means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough
treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose.
Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book
section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments
on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional
Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the
new Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the
text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment, and
Meaning. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and
make its message plain.
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