Table of Contents:
  • Approaching Hosea 2
  • Rhetoric and metaphor in historical perspective
  • The marriage metaphor
  • The metaphors of the wife/mother, fornication, and adultery
  • The metaphors of lovers and Baal(s)
  • The rhetorical context of Hosea 2
  • The rhetorical address of Hosea 2 (part 1)
  • The rhetorical address of Hosea 2 (part 2).