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هوشع
Sign in to saveIn the Hebrew Bible, Hosea ( or ; ), also known as Osee (), son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel and the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea. He is the first of the Twelve Minor Prophets, whose collective writings were aggregated and organized into a single book in the Jewish Tanakh by the Second Temple period (forming the last book of the Nevi'im) but which are distinguished as individual books in Christianity. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud claims that he was the greatest p
Hosea was an 8th-century BC prophet in ancient Israel whose writings appear first among the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and remain influential in Jewish and Christian scripture. Though he delivered messages of divine judgment and destruction, his prophecies also contained promises of restoration, making him an important voice for understanding God's relationship with Israel during a turbulent historical period.
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Hosea
- Saint.feast_day
- October 17 (Orthodox Christianity)
- Saint.venerated_in
- JudaismChristianityIslamRastafari
- Saint.image
- Hosea by James Tissot (cropped).jpg
- Saint.caption
- The Prophet Hosea by James Tissot, c. 1900
- Saint.attributes
- raising his hand in benediction, holding a scroll with the words Ex Aegypto vocavi filium meum
- Saint.major_shrine
- Safed, Israel
- Saint.major_works
- Book of Hosea
- Religious biography.religion
- Islam
- Religious biography.honorific_prefix
- Prophet
- Religious biography.name
- Ḥushayā
- Religious biography.honorific_suffix
- Alayhi as-Salam
- Religious biography.native_name
- حشايا Hosea
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kingdom of Israel
- Religious biography.parents
- Biri (father)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of death
- Safed
- Spouse
- Gomer
- Occupation
- prophet
- Student of
- Zechariah ben Jehoiada
- Field of work
- prophecy
- Image
- Hosea.jpg
- Work location
- Palestine
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- present in work
- Epistle to the Romans
- student
- Amos
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Hosea
- date of birth
- 0784-01-01
- place of burial
- Safed old cemetery
- canonization status
- prophet
- feast day
- October 30
- name in native language
- הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן בְּאֵרִי
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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