Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Vetus Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
70,4-5 (2020) 634-644
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Storm gods
;
God Biblical teaching
Abstract:
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.
DOI:
10.1163/15685330-12341417
URL:
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