Hosea: A Commentary (The Old Testament Library)
<p>Hosea, along with Amos, opens <br>the period of the "Writing Prophets." <br>He is the only man called to the office <br>of prophet who both lived and <br>prophesied in the Northern Kingdom of <br>Israel. This volume, no available in a <br>new casebound edition, offers a <br>verse-by-verse commentary on the <br>book of Hosea. James Luther Mays <br>gives the background to the book of <br>Hosea: Hosea, the man; the time; the <br>sayings; the message; and the <br>contents of the book. </p><p>The Old <br>Testament Library provides fresh and <br>authoritative reatments of important <br>aspects of Old Testament study <br>through commentaries and general <br>surveys. The contributors are scholars <br>of international standing.</p>