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Lord of the Storm and Oracular Decisions: Competing Construals of Storm God Imagery in Hosea 6:1–6
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Abstract
The poetry of Hosea employs and engages the religious imagery from the Baʿlu cult in its construal of Israel’s deity, YHWH, as a storm god. The present article focuses on the varied uses of storm god imagery in Hos 6:1–6 and offers a new explanation for the abstruse imagery of verse 5 and for the polemical dynamics at play within 6:1–6. In particular, it treats the final colon of Hos 6:5, which has defied explanation by interpreters: wmšpṭy kʾwr yṣʾ.
Title: Lord of the Storm and Oracular Decisions: Competing Construals of Storm God Imagery in Hosea 6:1–6
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Abstract
The poetry of Hosea employs and engages the religious imagery from the Baʿlu cult in its construal of Israel’s deity, YHWH, as a storm god.
The present article focuses on the varied uses of storm god imagery in Hos 6:1–6 and offers a new explanation for the abstruse imagery of verse 5 and for the polemical dynamics at play within 6:1–6.
In particular, it treats the final colon of Hos 6:5, which has defied explanation by interpreters: wmšpṭy kʾwr yṣʾ.
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