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Hosea, along with Amos, opens 
the period of the "Writing Prophets." 
He is the only man called to the office 
of prophet who both lived and 
prophesied in the Northern Kingdom of 
Israel. This volume, no available in a 
new casebound edition, offers a 
verse-by-verse commentary on the 
book of Hosea. James Luther Mays 
gives the background to the book of 
Hosea: Hosea, the man; the time; the 
sayings; the message; and the 
contents of the book.

The Old 
Testament Library provides fresh and 
authoritative reatments of important 
aspects of Old Testament study 
through commentaries and general 
surveys. The contributors are scholars 
of international standing.