Chapter One: Theories of Hosean composition -- A forschungsbericht -- Chapter Two: Presuppositions in Hosean scholarship: An argument for methodological clarity -- I. Presupposition One: The "original" is the most valuable -- II. Presupposition Two: The oral or preliterary stage is the proper focus of research for understanding the prophetic message -- III. Presupposition Three: There is no qualitative difference between the oral and written stages -- IV. The radical peculiarities of the oral and written stages -- V. The redactional selection of traditional material for the larger literary framework -- VI. Summary -- VII. The methodological task: A redaction critical examination. Chapter Three: The composition of Hos. 1-3: Final redacted state -- I. Introduction to the macrostructure: Hos 1-3, 4-11, and 12-14 -- II. Theories regarding Hos 1-3: The story of Hosea's marriage -- III. The final redacted state of Hos 1-3 -- IV. Summary of the final redacted state of Hos 1-3 -- Chapter Four: The composition of Hos 1-3: The earlier stages of the tradition -- I. Hos 1* and Hos 2*: Reconstructed text -- II. Possibility 1: Hos 1* and 2* as two independently authored texts joined later -- III. Possibility 2: Hos 1* as a secondary introduction to Hos 2* -- IV. The collector (C) of the saying attributed to Hosea -- V. The first redactor (R1) of the collection -- VI. The first redactor (R1) and the final redactor (R2) -- VII. The saying attributed to the prophet Hosea (H) -- Chapter Five: The redactional history of Hos 1-3: A summary. Chapter Six: The composition of Hos 4-11, 12-14: Final redacted state -- I. Hos 14:2-10 -- the redactional conclusion -- II. The macrostructure of Hos 4-11 -- III. The final redaction of Hos 4 -- IV. The final redaction of Hos 5 -- V. The final redaction of Hos 6 -- VI. The final redaction of Hos 7 -- VII. The final redaction of Hos 8 -- VIII. The final redaction of Hos 9 -- IX. The final redaction of Hos 10 -- X. The final redaction of Hos 11 -- XI. The final redaction of Hos 12 -- XII. The final redaction of Hos 13. Chapter Seven: The composition of Hos 4-10; 12-13: Earlier stages of the tradition -- I. The earlier stages of Hos 4* -- II. The earlier stages of Hos 5* -- III. The earlier stages of Hos 6* -- IV. The earlier stages of Hos 7* -- V. The earlier stages of Hos 8* -- VI. The earlier stages of Hos 9* -- VII. The earlier stages of Hos 10* -- VIII. The Hosean tradition in Hos 12* and 13* -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion -- Appendix: The redactional history of the Book of Hosea.