Prophecy, Poetry, and Hosea
The
books of the Latter Prophets have traditionally been treated as
persuasive speeches, and interpreted according to their rhetoric. At the
same time, interpreters recognize the poetic form of much prophecy.
This study takes up the notion of the 'prophet' as 'poet', focusing on
word-play in Hosea and on the lyrical plot of that book; the case is
made for treating Hosea as a stark, full-length poem of inexhaustible
power.
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