Intertextuality and Hosea 3: Did Hosea Purchase the Unnamed Woman to Enslave or Free Her?
Applying intertextuality, this article addresses the central problem in Hosea 3. That is, the purchase of the unnamed woman for fifteen shekels, a homer of barley, and a measure of wine, which equates to another fifteen shekels. Strangely, there is no ethical or moral consciousness on the purchasing...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal of black religious thought
Year: 2025, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Slavery B Prostitution B fifteen shekels B Hosea B Intertextuality B and commodities B Adultery B thirty shekels B Human Trafficking B Gomer |
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| Summary: | Applying intertextuality, this article addresses the central problem in Hosea 3. That is, the purchase of the unnamed woman for fifteen shekels, a homer of barley, and a measure of wine, which equates to another fifteen shekels. Strangely, there is no ethical or moral consciousness on the purchasing of another human being by a prophet of God. Commentators have not paid enough attention to this troubling fact. In addition, scholars have inquired if the mythopoetic construction of reality of Hosea, a literary character, overshadows the fact that he may have been an actual prophet enacting troubling behavior. Sign acts are almost always troubling, making a theological point. The fact that the canonical editor(s) of the Book of Twelve may or may not be fully unaware of human trafficking is a modern critique. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-7955 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of black religious thought
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27727963-04010005 |
