Martin J. Buss The Prophetic Word of Hosea Martin J. Buss The Prophetic Word of Hosea A Morphological Study Verlag Alfred Töpelmann Berlin 1969 Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Herausgegeben von Georg Fohrer 111 © 1969 by Alfred Töpelmann, Berlin 30, Genthiner Straße 13 Alle Rechte des Nachdrucks, der photomechanischen Wiedergabe, der Übersetzung, der Herstellung von Mikrofilmen und Photokopien, auch auszugsweise, vorbehalten. Printed in Germany Satz und Druck: Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 30 Archiv-Nr. 3822693 To Millar Burrows Preface The present study grew out of a seminar on Hosea led by Millar Burrows. To him, as one inspiring scholarship, it is dedicated. In an earlier form, it was presented to Yale University in 1958 as a Ph. D. dissertation in religion. That form was microfilmed later by Disserta- tion Abstracts; it contains a history of form criticism, especially on the prophets, here omitted. Professors B. Davie Napier, Marvin Pope, and (by letter) Gerhard von Rad stimulated it with helpful suggestions. The revision of the dissertation for publication was aided by a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies in 1964/65, as part of a more comprehensive study of literary analysis. It involved a stay at the Center for Advanced Studies of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn.; during that time Professor Brevard S. Childs at nearby Yale graciously read and commented on part of the manu- script. The research fund of Emory University has covered expenses of typing and of some traveling. The major area of revision has been in the final chapter, since the data of Hosea, inherently and in a comparative view, appeared to force or facilitate a development in the writer's theological perspective. To aid a theological discussion, the needs of the general reader have been kept in mind in the pre- sentation, even though the Old Testament specialist is primarily addressed. I am grateful to Professor Dr. Georg Fohrer for the inclusion of the study in the Beihefte to ZAW. My wife deserves thanks for her careful editing. Abbreviations AfO Archiv für Orientforschung AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, ed. J. B. Pritchard, 19552 AOT Altorientalische Texte zum Alten Testament, ed. H. Gressmann, 19262 BZ Biblische Zeitschrift CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly C. H. Codex Hammurabi DA Dissertation Abstracts EvTh Evangelische Theologie ExpT Expository Times HTR Harvard Theological Review HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual IDB Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JBR Journal of Bible and Religion J NES Journal of Near Eastern Studies JPOS Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society JQR Jewish Quarterly Review J TS Journal of Theological Studies KuD Kerygma und Dogma LXX Septuagint MGWJ Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums MSS Manuscripts MT Masoretic Text NKZ Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift Norsk TT Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift OS Oudtestamentische Studien RB Revue Biblique RGG Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart RHPR Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses SVT Supplements to Vetus Testamentum TL Theologische Literaturzeitung TR Theologische Rundschau TZ Theologische Zeitschrift TWNT Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ed. G. Kittel VT Vetus Testamentum WuD Wort und Dienst