Language:
German
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Liber Annuus
Angaben zur Quelle:
69 (2019) 145-167
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Theology
;
Women Biblical teaching
Abstract:
The pericope Hos 3:1-5 passes on narrative materials that poses a various number of riddles. Hosea receives the mission to repurchase and love a woman but still abstain from her. This narrative of their relationship, which is mainly realised in abstinence, is told in the form of a first person’s perspective report and becomes the parable for describing JHWH’s relationship with his people. Who is this woman? Is it Gomer, the mother of the three children who are mentioned in Hos 1:2-9? Is it another woman besides Gomer, whom the prophet needs to ransom? Is it a biographical note about the prophet’s life or a fictional scene composed for a fundamental theological proposition? The persuasions regarding this question are various. The following contribution demonstrates that the biblical author reveals the radicality and depth of the divine love to his people within the framework of the prophet’s failed marriage. The numerous transverse relations of Hos 3:1-5 to the previous chapters (Hos 1-2) and to the subsequent chapters (Hos 4-14) identify Hos 3 as a connecting chapter, wherein the whole theology of the book of Hosea concentrates.
DOI:
10.1484/J.LA.5.120499
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