Annotated Bibliography on Hosea

Andersen, F. I, and D. N. Freedman. Hosea. AB 24. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. An excellent but long and detailed study that uses Hebrew. They maintain that Hosea wrote this book and try to limit emendations of the text.

Brueggemann, W. Tradition for Crisis: A Study in Hosea. Richmond: John Knox, 1968. Shows how Hosea uses earlier traditions to support his points in this covenant lawsuit against Israel. This is not a verse-by-verse commentary.

Davies, G. I. Hosea. NCBC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. Explains Hosea’s message, marriage, and historical context, seeing later redactors influencing the book.

Emmerson, G. I. Hosea: An Israelite Prophet in Judean Perspective. Sheffield: JSOT, 1984. A study of the Judean redaction of Hosea, which sees only moderate editing.

Garrett, D. Hosea, Joel. NAC. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1997. Has numerous footnotes that clarify the Hebrew text (and problems with the NIV) to support his exposition of Hosea’s message. He does not think Hosea was using the covenant lawsuit form and rarely allows any emendations of the Hebrew text.

Guenther, A. Hosea, Amos. BCBC. Scottsdale: Herald, 1998. Provides a more pastoral reading that does not get involved with most of the technical data.

Harper, W. R. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1905. An older detailed and technical commentary that accepts later additions to Hosea.

Hubbard, D. A. Hosea. TOTC. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1989. Offers a brief exposition of Hosea.

Kidner, D. Love to the Loveless: The Message of Hosea. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1981. Another brief pastoral study of Hosea.

Limburg, J. Hosea-Micah. Interpretation. Atlanta: John Knox, 1988. While not a verse-by-verse treatment, it does include pastoral comments after each section. He accepts critical theories about the writing of the book.

Macintosh, A. A. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Hosea. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1997. Summarizes rabbinic thinking about the understanding of Hosea.

Mays, J. L. Hosea. OTL. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969. Though a solid exposition of the text, Mays finds later authors adding material to the book of Hosea.

McComiskey, T. E. “Hosea.” Pages 1–237 in The Minor Prophets, vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992. Contains a section on Hebrew and another on exposition. A solid study.

Stuart, D. Hosea-Jonah. WBC. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1987. Gives strong support to the use of the covenant lawsuit and covenant curses in Hosea. Does emend the text often to solve linguistic problems.

Ward, J. Hosea: A Theological Commentary. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. More of a theological summary of key themes in Hosea’s preaching.

Wolff, H. W. Hosea. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1974. A detailed critical study that accepts later redactional additions to Hosea.

Yee, G. Composition and Tradition in the Book of Hosea. Atlanta: Scholars, 1987. This is a critical study of the composition of the book by Hosea and several later redactors through four stages of writing.

______. “The Book of Hosea.” 197–297 in New Interpreter’s Bible, vol. 7. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Provides both an exegetical commentary and pastoral reflections for use in communicating the text today.