Imagery of love in the Old Testament : a socio-rhetorical reading of the book of Hosea - Subramani. N (Delhi Christian World Imprints, 2020)
This study is a socio-rhetorical reading of the book of Hosea examining the powerful love relationship shown from God to His chosen people (the Israelites) after they have broken the Sinai covenant by worshipping other gods. The study does this through an examination of the metaphors in the book of Hosea describing the imagery of love as a paradigm of covenantal relationship. The Old Testament prophets constantly speak of God$1 (Bs love in terms of justice, compassion, judgment, etc. Yet in the book of Hosea the theme of personal love husband-wife, father-son, healing love is very clearly defined and appears to be given a strong emphasis when God speaks of His relationship with His people through the Sinai covenant. The researcher is interested in pursuing this theme. The researcher argues that while many authors have studied Hosea, the use of the personal love theme by examining the character of God as shown in the three personal love metaphors in the book has not been studied. s
Keywords: Bible. -- Hosea -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Love in the Bible. Interpersonal relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity