Felipe Fruto Ll. Ramirez, S.J., “The Parable of the Heifer in Hosea 10:11–13,” interprets Hosea 10:11–13 as a story rather than just an extended agricultural metaphor without a plot. The farming scene in Hos. 10:11–13 is framed by depictions of violence and atrocities in Hos. 10:9–10 and 14. The connection between the two contrasting scenes—agriculture and war—is often vaguely and tenuously explained. At best, the heifer (‘eglāh) is regarded as a veiled polemic against the bull images, disparagingly called “calves” (‘eglōṯ), of Bethel (Hos. 10:5; cf. 1 Kgs. 12:28–30, 32) and Samaria (Hos. 8:5–6; cf. 13:2). The author demonstrates that reading the text as a parable, a poetic narrative with a storyline, is better able to elucidate the prophet’s anti-war rhetoric. – from the Editor’s Preface