Hosea

Hosea

In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea ( hoh-ZEE-ə or hoh-ZAY-ə; Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, romanized: Hōšēaʿ, lit. 'Salvation'), also known as Osee (Ancient Greek: Ὡσηέ, romanized: Hōsēé), 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 prophet of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hosea is the 403rd most popular religious figure (down from 345th in 2019). (down from 66th in 2019)

Hosea is most famous for being the author of the Book of Hosea.