Hosea | Hebrew prophet | Britannica (original) (raw)
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biblical Judaism
In Judaism: The emergence of the literary prophets …society’s malaise was interpreted by Hosea, a prophet of the northern kingdom (Israel), as a forgetting of God (see Hosea, Book of). As a result, in his view, all authority had evaporated: the king was scoffed at, priests became hypocrites, and pleasure seeking became the order of the day. The… Read More
Jeremiah
In Jeremiah: Life and times …people, particularly the prophecies of Hosea, whose influence can be seen in his early messages. Read More
In biblical literature: Hosea The Book of Hosea, the first of the canonical Twelve (Minor) Prophets, was written by Hosea (whose name means “salvation,” or “deliverance”), a prophet who lived during the last years of the age of Jeroboam II in Israel and the period of decline and… Read More
prophecy
In prophecy: Origins and development of Hebrew prophecy …kingdom) begins with Amos and Hosea (8th century bce). What is new in classical prophecy is its hostile attitude toward Canaanite influences in religion and culture, combined with an old nationalistic conception of Yahweh and his people. The reaction of those classical prophets against Canaanite influences in the worship of… Read More
