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Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 31, Hosea-Jonah Hardcover – December 18, 1987
Douglas Stuart (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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.
- Print length588 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas Nelson Inc
- Publication dateDecember 18, 1987
- Dimensions6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-100849902304
- ISBN-13978-0849902307
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- Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc (December 18, 1987)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 588 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: #248,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #435 in Religion Encyclopedias
- #493 in Christian Prophecies
- #517 in Old Testament Commentaries
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About the author

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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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.
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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