Articles by Alice Bellis
Alice Ogden Bellis graduated from Duke University with a BA, Howard University with an MDiv and MBA, and Catholic University with an MA and PhD in Semitic languages. An ordained minister and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Howard University School of Divinity, Dr. Bellis has written numerous books and articles, including Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women’s Stories in the Hebrew Bible. Professor Bellis has two daughters, Margaret Douglass English and Elizabeth Bellis Wolfe, and three grandchildren, Henry Bellis Wolfe, Clara Marie English, and Azalea Bellis Wolfe. She is married to Dr. Jeff Nicoll, a physicist, and lives in Washington, DC.
by Alice Ogden Bellis
While neither Hosea 12:7-9 nor Romans 1:24-25 refers directly to addiction, the problems associated with it can be teased out of Hosea’s historical context. Other parts of Hosea deal with idolatry, as do the focal verses in Romans. The powerful connections among idolatry, addiction, economics, and politics constitute a serious malady today, that could also be observed in biblical times.
