Brad E. Kelle, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Hosea (Oxford Handbooks; New York: Oxford University Press, 2024)

Anna Kuśmirek

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-9897


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Book review: Brad E. Kelle, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Hosea (Oxford Handbooks; New York: Oxford University Press, 2024). 520 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-763959-7. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197639597.001.0001. 




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Kuśmirek, A. (2026). Brad E. Kelle, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Hosea (Oxford Handbooks; New York: Oxford University Press 2024). Verbum Vitae, 44(3), 707–718. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.20624

Anna Kuśmirek  a.kusmirek@uksw.edu.pl
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1736-9897



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