Kelle, Brad E.,,  1973- <br/><br/>
Hosea 2 :  metaphor and rhetoric in historical perspective /  [manuscript] : 
by Brad E. Kelle. 
 - Atlanta : :  Society of Biblical Literature,,  c2005.. 
 - xiv, 355 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Academia Biblica (Series) (Society of Biblical Literature) ; ;  no. 20. .
<br/><br/> Approaching Hosea 2 -- Rhetoric and metaphor in historical perspective -- The marriage metaphor -- The metaphors of the wife/mother, fornication, and adultery -- The metaphors of lovers and Baal(s) -- The rhetorical context of Hosea 2 -- The rhetorical address of Hosea 2 (part 1) -- The rhetorical address of Hosea 2 (part 2). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589831896 (paper binding : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005026987  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Hosea,II----Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Metaphor in the Bible.<br/>Rhetoric in the Bible.<br/>Syro-Ephraimitic War, ca. 734 B.C.