The article focuses on the theme of return/conversion in the book of Hosea. The issue is presented from the perspective of two covenant partners: God and Israel. The starting point is the refusal of Israel to return to God and the dangerous punitive return of Yahweh to his people. The final part concentrates on the conversion of the people to Yahweh which is possible thanks to the prior return of God to his people with forgiveness. These four different dynamics of return are recovered on the basis of 22 appearances of the verb šûb in the Book of Hosea.
Pikor, W. (2017). “Return to Yahweh” (Hos 14:3). Conversion as the Essence of the Relation between God and Man. Collectanea Theologica, 86(4), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2016.86.4.03
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2016.86.4.03
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