Lord of the Storm and Oracular Decisions: Competing Construals of Storm God Imagery in Hosea 6:1–6
The poetry of Hosea employs and engages the religious imagery from the Baʿlu cult in its construal of Israel’s deity, YHWH, as a storm god. The present article focuses on the varied uses of storm god imagery in Hos 6:1-6 and offers a new explanation for the abstruse imagery of verse 5 and for the po...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 70, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 634-644 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Hosea 6,1-6
/ Cult
/ Religion
/ Oracle
/ Prediction
/ Metaphor
/ Dynamics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | The poetry of Hosea employs and engages the religious imagery from the Baʿlu cult in its construal of Israel’s deity, YHWH, as a storm god. The present article focuses on the varied uses of storm god imagery in Hos 6:1-6 and offers a new explanation for the abstruse imagery of verse 5 and for the polemical dynamics at play within 6:1-6. In particular, it treats the final colon of Hos 6:5, which has defied explanation by interpreters: wmšpṭy kʾwr yṣʾ. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341417 |