Hosea and Gomer, Anonymous, from a 1372 manucript. Public Domain. The prophets of Judah and Israel are often seen as vertical in their messaging. The hand of God, that is, reaches straight down from ...

“Blow the great shofar for our ultimate redemption, and raise a banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four corners of the earth to our land. Blessed are You Hashem, who gathers ...

Hosea is probably best known in Christian circles for the phrase God “desires steadfast love and not sacrifice.” Jesus quotes that verse from Hosea twice in the Gospel of Matthew. Love, not sacrifice ...

This week the professor continues his series on the prophets of ancient Israel. Last week we considered the foundational prophet Amos. This week, his near contemporary in the eighth century B.C., the ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. My name is Hosea. My profession is prophet of the Lord Jehovah. My prophetic ministry took place in the northern kingdom of ...

It is not every biblical book that opens with God commanding his prophet to go marry a prostitute. But this is exactly what the prophet Hosea is told to do at the outset of his biblical career. “The ...

This suspenseful book enthralls readers as it keeps them thrilled in every page turn. Joseph Descans will sign copies of his biblical fiction “Hosea: The Prophet Who Married a Prostitute” at his ...

We hear it in the air: “Information is power.” Some even say enviously, “Well, some lucky people are super-informed. But we are still getting all our information from the news.” Everywhere you look, ...