Session 234: Introduction to the Minor Prophets, Hosea 1-6

Hosea: Timeline is c. 750BC-715BC. (Just before and just after the Northern Kingdom fell to the Assyrians in 722BC.)
Audience: The Northern Kingdom.

Distinctive Feature: Hosea’s wife, Gomer, (the Roamer!), a prostitute, is an allegory for how Israel had prostituted its faith, in bad political alliances and idol worship through temple pros