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Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 31, Hosea-Jonah Hardcover – December 18, 1987

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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

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548 pages
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English
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Thomas Nelson Inc
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December 18, 1987
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6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
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0849902304
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978-0849902307
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson Inc (December 18, 1987)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 548 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0849902304
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0849902307
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #702,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,488 in Old Testament Commentaries

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Douglas Stuart is a Scottish - American author.

His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. It won the Book of The Year at the British Book Awards and The Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Shuggie Bain was also a finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, The Kirkus Prize, The Orwell Prize, The Pen Hemingway Award, The McKitterick Prize and was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First novel prize.

His next novel, Young Mungo, will be published in April 2022.

His short stories, Found Wanting, and The Englishman, were both published in The New Yorker magazine. His writing on Gender, Anxiety and Poverty can be found on Lit Hub.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he is a graduate of The Royal College of Art, and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City.

https://www.douglasdstuart.com

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Smc

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2016

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The commentary is good, the format makes it a bit of a challenge to enjoy as much.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018

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Excellent commentary!

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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The notes on Hosea, currently being studied by my congregation, were exactly what I wanted.

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C.W.Christopher

Great Bible study guide

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2013

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A must for anyone who leads a Bible study group. This commentary made it easy for me and my group to really grow in Biblical knowledge

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Dan

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015

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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2013

I have often thought that one of the most difficult tasks that a biblical scholar must face is trying to write a one-volume commentary on several books of the Bible. This is especially true when the only obvious linkage is that they are found consecutively in our English Bible. Douglas Stuart appears to have done an excellent job of providing a scholarly but readable and lively commentary on the books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah. Despite the fact that he has tackled five books that have divergent (although not entirely unrelated) themes and different settings, Stuart has provided us with commentaries on each of these books that are insightful and scholarly. Needless to say, more space is given to the longer books (Hosea covers approximately 220 pages of text versus just 21 for Obadiah), but none receives short shrift.

The introductory material to each of these prophets is enlightening, and while not extremely detailed, provides the reader with a decent amount of background material. The more technical matters regarding the Hebrew text are generally set apart in the "Notes" section that follows immediately upon the English translation of a passage, and any Hebrew in the commentary section itself is accompanied by an English translation, meaning that a working knowledge of Hebrew is not necessary for fully benefitting from the commentary. The commentary section (as well as the introductions) provides not just interpretation of the text but, where important, crucial background information regarding geography, culture, societal practices, and the like. (For example, in the commentary on Amos there is a significant amount of material that enables us to better understand the nature of the practices that Amos is condemning.)

I highly recommend this commentary to anyone seeking to gain a greater knowledge of one or more of these five books.

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Doug Erlandson

Nice overview of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017

With a couple of exceptions, all the volumes of the Word Biblical Commentary series that I've encountered represent excellent scholarship as well as practical application. This is certainly true of the volume by Douglas Stuart, which is on the first five (in our English Bibles) of the so-called Minor Prophets. Trying to condense the work of four different authors can be a difficult task, and Stuart does an excellent job. The introductions to the four books, although brief, are enlightening and cover the essentials by way of background. The format of the commentary itself follows the pattern found in most of the WBC volumes, with issues regarding the Hebrew text being confined to the footnotes on the translation (the author's own translation, by the way), and with the "comment" and "explanation" sections providing information on geography, culture, societal practices, and the like, all of which will be of interest to the general reader.

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David Zampino

I was enormously disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2004

The Word Biblical Commentaries are (rightly) known for their strict attention to the text and learned Evangelical commentary. When I needed several commentaries expressing various points of view in a class I was teaching on the Minor Prophets, naturally I chose to include this volume. Upon learning about Dr. Stuart's background and teaching situation, I was even more eager to delve into it.
BOY was I disappointed!
Dr. Stuart seems to take the attitude (fostered by comments on the inside dust jacket) that essentially everything we've been taught or think we know about the Minor Prophets is wrong -- and that he can show us the light! How fortunate for us!
Not only was I soured by the attitude, I was also soured by the lack of regard for Jewish or Patristic sources in his exegesis. I was especially disappointed in his work on Hosea.
Two stars, because, as a scholar, I can recognize the work which went into the book -- but that's all. Try "Anchor", try "Interpretation", try "Ancient Christian Commentaries", etc. before you try this one.

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G. Heath

Excellent commentary for understanding the text of Hosea to Jonah

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2016

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Having just been asked to preach from Jonah, what a relief to find this superb commentary, which takes the text seriously, clearly explains its meaning, and provides just enough interpretation and application to be helpful. For those who want to understand, interpret and apply the text that has been given to us, rather than enter into speculative debates, this is an excellent resource.

Robert

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2014

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For serious scholars comfortable with the Hebrew alphabet.

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