Preface ix; Acknowledgments xi; List of Abbreviations xiii; 1 Introduction and History of Interpretation 1; Introduction 1; Composition History 7; Genre and Rhetorical Studies 8; Studies of the Marriage Metaphor 11; The Nature of Hosea's Marriage 11; Interpretations of the Marriage Metaphor 12; Studies of Other Metaphors 27; 2 Masculinity and Metaphor: An Approach to Analysis 31; Masculinity Theory 31; Audience 32; Anthropological Perspectives on Masculinity Theory 32; Applying Masculinity Theory to Hosea 35; Anthropological Theories of Metaphor 38; Symbolic Language 38.

Definitions of Metaphor 40Social Quality Space 41; Performative Metaphors 42; Persuasive Metaphors 43; Responses to Predications 45; Axes for Analysis 46; Tropes Related to Metaphor 47; Metaphorical Domains 51; Metaphor, the Inchoate, and Masculinity 52; 3 Predications of Gender-Based Imagery 55; Masculinity Studies of the Bible 55; Psychoanalytic Studies 56; Studies of Individual Masculinities 57; Studies of Normative Masculinity 59; Gender Imagery in Hosea 61; Female Imagery 61; Male Imagery 72; Mixed Gender Imagery 87; Conclusions 89; 4 Predications of Non-Gender-Based Imagery 91.

Parent-Child Imagery 91Ephraim/Israel as Child 92; Ephraim/Israel as Parent 98; Analysis of Parent-Child Imagery 100; Sickness and Healing Imagery 103; Cases of Sickness 103; Causes of Sickness 104; Curers of Sickness 104; Analysis of Sickness and Healing Imagery 105; Hunting and Seeking Imagery 106; Ephraim/Israel as Hunter and Seeker 106; YHWH as Hunter 107; Humans as Prey 108; Analysis of Hunting and Seeking Imagery 108; Animal Imagery 109; Ephraim/Israel as Animals 109; YHWH as Animal 112; Other Animal Imagery 114; Analysis of Animal Imagery 115; Agricultural Imagery 116.

Ephraim as Farmer 116YHWH as Farmer 119; Other Agricultural References 120; Analysis of Agricultural Imagery 120; Plant Imagery 122; Ephraim as Plant 122; YHWH as Plant 125; Other References to Plants 125; Analysis of Plant Imagery 126; Natural Phenomena Imagery 127; Water Imagery 127; Wind Imagery 129; Other References to Natural Phenomena 129; Analysis of Natural Phenomena Imagery 130; Conclusions 130; 5 Syntheses and Subversions 133; Summary 133; Female Imagery 134; Male Imagery 135; Parent-Child Imagery 136; Sickness and Healing Imagery 137; Hunting and Seeking Imagery 138.

Animal Imagery 138Agricultural Imagery 139; Plant Imagery 139; Natural Phenomena Imagery 140; Trends in Metaphoric Predication 140; Trends for YHWH 141; Trends for Ephraim/Israel 142; Subversions 144; Subversions in the Gender Imagery 146; Movement in Social Space 153; Implications for Masculinity 155; 6 Conclusion 159; The Function of Masculinity in Hosea 160; Methodological Considerations 163; Final Words 164; Notes 165; Bibliography 221.