Full Description
How do texts of Scripture make sense or hold together as a unity? This question is especially germane to the Masoretic Text of Hosea, which is often seen as an unintegrated composition by some, or an artful literary whole by others. Such judgments often come without clear definitions and criteria for (in)coherence. This book brings descriptive clarity to this issue through a discourse analysis of cohesion and coherence in Hosea 12-14 based on Systemic Functional Linguistics. This study showcases the theme of divine mercy in Hosea 12-14 and gives readers tools for discourse-linguistic analysis of the Hebrew Bible.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Tables
Figures
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 A Case for the Discourse-Linguistic Study of Hosea
1.2 Reading Hosea (In)Coherently: A Selective Look at Recent Examples
1.3 Goals of the Discourse Analysis
1.4 The Theory and Method of the Discourse Analysis
1.5 Contributions of This Study
1.6 The Structure of This Study
2 Theoretical Foundations for SFL-Based Discourse Analysis
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Discourse-Linguistic Concepts and Descriptive Categories
2.3 Conclusion
3 A Method for Describing Literary-Thematic Coherence
3.1 Biblical Hebrew Linguistic Criteria Pertinent to Analysis of Cohesion and Coherence
3.2 Method of the Discourse Analysis
3.3 Conclusion
4 Cohesive Harmony Analysis
4.1 Overview of Cohesive Harmony Analysis
4.2 Developing Cohesive Chains
4.3 Exploring Prominence and Grouping in Chain Interaction and Central Sentences
4.4 Tentative Observations for a Profile of Literary-Thematic Coherence
4.5 Conclusion
5 Clause Combining Analysis
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Clause Combining Analysis
5.3 General Patterns in the Clause Combining of Hos 12-14
5.4 Implications of Clause Combining Analysis for Grouping and Prominence
5.5 A Profile of Literary-Thematic Coherence
5.6 Conclusion
6 Literary-Thematic Coherence and the Co-text of Hosea
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Literary-Thematic Coherence and the Co-text of the HB/OT
6.3 Hosea's Themes of Knowing God, Human Sin and Its Effects, and Divine Restoration
7 Conclusion
Appendix1: Constituent Analysis Tables
Appendix2: Cohesive Chain Interaction Tables
Appendix3: Clause-Combining Analysis Symbols, Abbreviations, and Tables
Appendix4: Global Logico-Semantic Relations between Clause Complexes in Hos 12-14
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture
