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Contentious Priests and Contentious People in Hosea Iv 1-10

Contentious Priests and Contentious People in Hosea Iv 1-10 CONTENTIOUS PRIESTS AND CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE IN HOSEA IV 1-10 by JACK R. LUNDBOM New Haven, Conneticut In chapter iv of Hosea the enormous burden which the prophet carries for his nation begins to be unloaded. In chapters i-iii he unloaded his personal burden. The two of course cannot be separated-either for him or for us-still there is no mistaking the change which comes with the beginning of chapter iv. All that follows is but an amplification of its initial words: "For Yahweh has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land" (vs. 1). As the message unfolds, this controversy is seen to be with the priests and the people. That of course could mean everybody, and it virtually does in vss. 1-10. Nevertheless, it is the categories of "peo- ple" and "priest" which the text presents for special consideration. F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman in their recent commentary Hosea (Garden City, 1980) consider the words of vs. 9a, "like the people, like the priest", thematic for the whole of iv 1-v 7 (p. 320). The balance between people and priest is delicate and subtle in Hosea's preaching, so much so that it is easily upset by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Contentious Priests and Contentious People in Hosea Iv 1-10

Lundbom, Jack R.
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 36 (1): 52 – Jan 1, 1986
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© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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CONTENTIOUS PRIESTS AND CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE IN HOSEA IV 1-10 by JACK R. LUNDBOM New Haven, Conneticut In chapter iv of Hosea the enormous burden which the prophet carries for his nation begins to be unloaded. In chapters i-iii he unloaded his personal burden. The two of course cannot be separated-either for him or for us-still there is no mistaking the change which comes with the beginning of chapter iv. All that follows is but an amplification of its initial words: "For Yahweh has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land" (vs. 1). As the message unfolds, this controversy is seen to be with the priests and the people. That of course could mean everybody, and it virtually does in vss. 1-10. Nevertheless, it is the categories of "peo- ple" and "priest" which the text presents for special consideration. F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman in their recent commentary Hosea (Garden City, 1980) consider the words of vs. 9a, "like the people, like the priest", thematic for the whole of iv 1-v 7 (p. 320). The balance between people and priest is delicate and subtle in Hosea's preaching, so much so that it is easily upset by

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Published: Jan 1, 1986

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