Book of Hosea
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The Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Nevi'im in the Tanakh and a book in the Christian Old Testament, having fourteen chapters in both. According to the traditiona
The Prophet Hosea, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309–1311)
Illustration of Hosea and Gomer from the Bible Historiale, 1372
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Hosea
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In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea, also known as Osee, son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel and the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea. He is the first of the Twelve Minor Prophets,
Book of Hosea
…comparing Israel's abandonment of Yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. According to the book's narrative, the relationship between Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer is comparable to the relationship between Yahweh and his unfaithful people Israel: this text "for the first time" describes…
The Prophet Hosea by James Tissot, c. 1900
The structure at the cemetery in Safed known as the Tomb of Hosea