One of the key interpretive issues in the book of Hosea is whether the account of Hosea's family – his marriage to Gomer and three children – in chapters 1 and 3 is based in true events from the prophet's life or whether it is a prophetic parable or allegory with a teaching purpose yet …
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Matthew Erickson 