Hosea is a prophet in Jewish folklore, from Levant. Hosea (Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Hōšēaʿ, lit. 'Salvation') is an 8th-century BCE prophet of the northern Kingdom of Israel, traditionally regarded as the primary author of the biblical Book of Hosea. In the Hebrew Bible and later rabbinic tradition he functions as a human prophetic intermediary whose marriage and children's names serve as enacted symbolic signs illustrating Israel's covenantal unfaithfulness and God's judgment and restoration.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Hosea is the son of Beeri and emerges in the 8th century BCE as a prophet in the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Book of Hosea presents his marriage to Gomer and the naming of his children as divinely commanded symbolic acts dramatizing Israel's covenantal adultery and God's disciplinary response and promise of eventual restoration. Rabbinic tradition preserves narratives about his prayerful intercession for Israel and records that he died in Babylon and was, by a narrated providential sign involving a camel, buried at Safed.
The sources do not provide a physical description of Hosea. He is identified by genealogy (son of Beeri) and by social role as a prophet; rabbinic accounts narrate details of his death and burial but do not describe his physical features.
Hosea's capacities are those of a prophetic human: delivering oracles, composing prophetic literature (the Book of Hosea), enacting symbolic sign-acts at divine command (notably marrying Gomer and fathering children with symbolic names), and interceding in prayer on behalf of Israel. Rabbinic tradition attributes to him a long ministry (about sixty years) and depicts him as an effective intercessor whose prayer averted an impending doom for Israel.
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