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Prophecy, Poetry and Hosea

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ISBN-10: 185075599X

ISBN-13: 9781850755999

Edition: 1996

Authors: Gerald Morris

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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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Book details

List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/1/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 1.00" wide x 1.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.814

When Gerald Morris was in fifth grade he loved Greek and Norse mythology and before long was retelling the stories to his younger sister and then to neighborhood kids. He began carrying a notebook in which he kept some of the details related to the different stories. The joy he found in retelling those myths continued when he discovered other stories. According to Gerald Morris, “I never lost my love of retelling the old stories. When I found Arthurian literature, years later, I knew at once that I wanted to retell those grand tales. So I pulled out my notebook . . . I retell the tales, peopling them with characters that I at least find easier to recognize, and let the magic of the…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Genre and Interpretation
Rhetoric and Poetry
Repetition and Variation
Language Falling on Language: Wordplay and Hosea
Hosea and the Lyrical Plot
Conclusion: Genre and the Prophets
Appendix
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors