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Introductions

	H.L. Ellison, Men Spake from God, 2nd edn.. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1958. Pbk. ISBN: 085364 0165. pp.160. To read the whole book, click here.
	Norman Henry Snaith [1898-1982], Mercy and Sacrifice. A Study of the Book of Hosea. London: SCM Press Ltd., 1953. Hbk. pp.126. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Snaith Family]

Commentaries

	Samuel Rolles Driver [1846-1914], The Minor Prophets II. Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. The Century Bible. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, n.d. Hbk. pp.337. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	F.L. Anderson & David Noel Freedman, Hosea. Anchor Bible. Doubleday, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 038500768X. pp.699. One of the best commentaries on any biblical book - Tremper Longman III
	H. Daniel Beeby, Hosea: Grace Abounding. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0905312953. pp.189.
	Sydney Lawrence Brown [1880-1947], The Book of Hosea with Introduction and Notes. Westminster Commentaries. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932. Hbk. pp.146. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Trent C. Butler, Holman Old Testament Commentary - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2005. ISBN: 9781433674297. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	M. Daniel Carroll, Thomas E. McComiskey, Tremper Longman III & David E. Garland, "Hosea, Amos, Micah," The Expositor's Bible Commentary, rev. edn. Grand Rpaids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310531906. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Thomas Kelly Cheyne [1841-1915], Hosea with Introduction and Notes. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1899. Hbk. pp.132. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Graham I. Davies, Hosea. The New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / London: Marshall Pickering, 1992. Pbk. pp.315. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	J. Andrew Dearman, The Book of Hosea. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ISBN: 9781467423731. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	William Rainey Harper, Amos and Hosea. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1990. Hbk. ISBN: 0567050181. pp.608.
	Robert Forman Horton [1855-1934], The Minor Prophets I: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah.The Century Bible. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, n.d. Hbk. pp.196. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Duane A. Garrett, Hosea, Joel. The New American Commentary, Vol. 19A. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 1997. ISBN: 9781433675720. pp.320. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	D.A. Hubbard, Hosea. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0851118437. pp.234.
	C.F. Keil & Franz Delitzsch [1813-1890]. Minor Prophets, Commentary on the Old Testament in Ten Volumes, Vol. 10. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
	Duane Garrett, Hosea-Joel. New American Commentary, Vol. 18A. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996. Hbk. ISBN: 0805401199. pp.320.
	Mayer I. Gruber, Hosea: A Textual Commentary. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 9780567671752. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	William Rainey Harper [1856-1906], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1905. Hbk. pp.424. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	David A. Hubbard, Hosea. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. London: IVP, 2015. ISBN:,9781783592593. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Derek Kidner, The Message of Hosea: Love to the Loveless. The Bible Speaks Today. Leicester: IVP, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0851107303. pp.144.
	Philip King, Amos, Hosea, Micah: An Archaeological Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0664240771. pp.180.
	James Limburg, Hosea-Jonah. Interpretation. John Knox, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 0804231281. pp.201.
	T. McComisky, "Hosea," in T. McComisky, editor, The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary, Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 0801062853.
	H. McKeating, Amos, Hosea, Micah. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge University Press, 1971. Pbk. ISBN: 0521096472.
	James Luther Mays, Hosea. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 1969. ISBN: 9781611645088. pp.190. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Joshua Moon, Hosea. Apollos Old Testament Commentary. London: Apollos, 2018. ISBN: 9781783595334. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Conrad Von Orelli [1846-1912], The Twelve Minor Prophets. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1897. Hbk. pp.405. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896], "Hosea," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers, Vol. 5. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1884. Hbk. pp.411-434. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Melville Scott [1827-1898], The Message of Hosea. London: SPCK, 1921. Hbk. pp.151. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 10: Hosea to Malachi, 6th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1844. pp.1-167. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Daniel J. Simundson, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah: Minor Prophets. Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2005. Pbk. ISBN: 0687342449. pp.352.
	Gary V. Smith, Hosea, Amos, Micah. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. ISBN: 9780310872672. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	George Adam Smith [1856-1942], The Book of the Twelve Prophets: Vol. 1, Amos, Hosea, Micah, W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor's Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Hbk. pp.440. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Norman Henry Snaith [1898-1982], Amos, Hosea and Micah. Epworth Preacher's Commentaries. London: The Epworth Press. 1956. Hbk. pp.112. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Snaith Family]
	Douglas Stuart, Hosea-Jonah, Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 31. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310585879. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Hosea (Bob Utley)
	Bruce Vawter, Amos, Hosea, Micah, with an Introduction to Classical Poetry. Old Testament Message. Michael Glazier, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0814652425. pp.169.
	Hans Walter Wolff, Hosea. Hermeneia. Fortress, 1974. Hbk. ISBN: 0800660048. pp.259.

Other Studies on Hosea

	James M. Bos, Reconsidering the Date and Provenance of the Book of Hosea. The Case for Persian-Period Yehud. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. ISBN: 9780567068897. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	When is a Day Not a Day?An Exegetical Note on Hosea 6:2 (Robert I Bradshaw)
	Walter Brueggemann, Tradition for Crisis: A Study in Hosea. John Knox, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0804201811.
	Stephen G. Burnett, "Exegetical Notes Hosea 9:10-17," Trinity Journal 6.2 (1985): 211-214.
	Martin J. Buss, The Prophetic Word of Hosea: A Morphological Study. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 111. Berlin: Töpelmann, 1969.
	Martin J. Buss, "Tragedy and Comedy in the Latter Prophets," Semeia 32 (1984): 71-82.
	Kevin J. Cathcart, "Targum Jonathan to Hosea 1-3," Irish Biblical Studies 10.1 (1988): 37-43.
	Dwight R. Daniels, Hosea and Salvation History: The Early Traditions of Israel in the Prophecy of Hosea. De Gruyter, 1990. Hbk. ISBN: 3110121433. pp.148.
	Andrew Bruce Davidson [1831-1902], Biblical and Literary Essays, 2nd edn. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. pp.82-104. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	J. Day, "Pre-Deuteronomic Allusions to the Covenantt in Hosea and Psalm LXXVIII," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986): 1-12.
	Walther Eichrodt, "The Holy One in Your Midst: The Thology of Hosea," Lloyd Gaston, translator, Interpretation 15 (1961): 259-75.
	H.L. Ellison, "The Message of Hosea in the Light of his Marriage," The Evangelical 41.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969): 3-9. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Grace I. Emmerson, Hosea: An Israelite Prophet in Judean Perspective. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1984. ISBN: 9780567173539. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	F.C. Fensham, "The Marriage Metaphor in Hosea for the Relationship Between God and His People (Hos. 1:2-9)," Journal of North West Semitic Languages 12 (1984): 71-78.
	P.A. Forseth, "Hosea, Gomer, and Elective Grace," Reformed Journal 35 (1985): 15-18.
	Brian Gault, "Avenging Husband and Redeeming Lover? Opposing Portraits of God in Hosea," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 60.3 (June 2017): 489-509. pdf
	A. Gelston, "Kingship in the Book of Hoseä," Oudtestamentische Studiën 19 (1974): 71-85.
	Ryan C. Hanley, "The Background and Purpose of Stripping the Adulteress in Hosea 2," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 60.1 (March 2017): 89-103. pdf
	Stuart A. Irvine, "The Threat of Jezreel," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57.3 (1995): 494-503.
	J.G. Janzen, "Metaphor and reality in Hosea 11," Semeia 24 (1982): 7-44.
	John H. Johansen, "The Prophet Hosea: His Marriage and Message," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 14.3 (1971): 179-184.
	Walter C. Kaiser Jr., "Inner biblical exegesis as a model for bridging the 'then' and 'now' gap: Hos 12:1-6," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28.1 (March 1985): 33-46. pdf
	Brad E. Kelle, Hosea 2: Metaphor and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective. Society of Biblical Literature - Academia Biblica, 20. Leiden: Brill, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 9004146695. pp.372.
	Derek Kidner, "The Way Home: An Exposition of Hosea 14," Themelios 1.2 (Spring 1976): 34-36. pdf
	P.A. Kruger, " Prophetic Imagery: On the Metaphors and Similes in the Book of Hosea," Journal of North West Semitic Languages 14 (1988): 143-51.
	J.L. Mays, "Response to Janzen: Metaphor and reality in Hosea 11," Semeia 24 (1982): 45-51.
	S. Mackenzie, "The Jacob Tradition in Hosea XII 4-5," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986): 311-22.
	Thomas E. McComiskey, "Hos 9:13 and the integrity of the Masoretic tradition in the Prophecy of Hosea," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 33.2 (June 1990): 155-160. pdf
	Steve McKenzie, "Exodus Typology in Hosea," Restoration Quarterly 22 (1979): 100-108.
	Takamitsu Muraoka, "Hosea III in the Septuagint Version," Jon Davies, Graham Harvey & Wilfred G.E. Watson, eds., Words Remembered, Texts Renewed: Essays in Honour of John F.A.Sawyer. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement No. 195. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 1850755426. pp.242-252. Reprinted: London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1995. ISBN: 9780567532145. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Margaret S. Odell, "Who Were the Prophets in Hosea?" Horizons in Biblical Theology 18.1 (1996): 78-95.
	B. Peckham, "The Composition of Hosea," Harvard Theological Review 11 (1987): 331-52.
	Harold Henry Rowley [1890-1969], Men of God. London, 1963.
	R.J. Reems, "Gomer: Victim of Violence of Vicxtim of Metaphor?" Semeia 47 (1989): 87-104.
	Henry Wheeler Robinson [1872-1945], Two Hebrew Prophets. Studies in Hosea and Ezekiel. London: Lutterworth Press, 1948. Hbk. pp.125. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Gerald T. Sheppard, "Hosea the Statesman," Gary A. Tuttle, ed., Biblical and Near Eastern Studies: Essays in Honor of William Sanford LaSor. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978. Hbk. ISBN: 0802835007. pp.177-183.
	Duane Andre Smith, "Kinship and Covenant in Hosea 11:1-4," Horizons in Biblical Theology 16.1 (1994): 41-53.
	C. Van Leeuwen, "Meaning and Structure of Hosea X 1-8," Vetus Testamentum 53.3 (2003): 367-378.
	Moshe Weinfeld, "Hosea and Deuteronomy," in Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. pp.366-70.
	David B. Wyrtzen, "The Theological Center of the Book of Hosea," Bibliotheca Sacra 141: 564 (1984): 315-329.
	Gale A. Yee, The Composition and Tradition in the Book of Hosea: A Redaction Critical Investigation. Scholars, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 1555400914.