Hosea

The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190673208.013.29 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 397-410

Author(s):

Stuart A. Irvine

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Of God ◽

Marriage Metaphor ◽

Parent Child

This essay begins by examining structure and cohesion in Hosea. It then reviews major themes and ideas in the book, including the marriage metaphor, the parent–child image, and the themes of the Exodus, wilderness, and “knowledge of God.” The essay concludes with a look at three contested issues: redaction in Hosea, the book as a product of Persian Yehud, and the Baal cult as an object of the prophet’s criticism. Challenging common views that the book addresses religious apostasy or syncretism, it suggests that some of Hosea’s criticisms of the cult may be essentially denunciations of foreign alliances which were ratified by ritual measures.

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A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2019_jslhr-l-17-0305 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 3397-3412

Author(s):

Michelle I. Brown ◽

David Trembath ◽

Marleen F. Westerveld ◽

Gail T. Gillon

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Visual Analysis ◽

Single Case ◽

Eye Contact ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Storybook Reading ◽

Book Selection ◽

Turn Taking ◽

Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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