The Book of Amos in emergent Judah
By: Jason Radine
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe -- 45; Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 45.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9783161501142
Subjects: Bible; Amos <Buch>; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Bibel; Amos; König; Amos (bijbelboek); Politieke aspecten
Description: "Jason Radine proposes that the book of Amos is not a work of "prophecy" as the phenomenon is known from the ancient Near East, but rather a religio-political document explaining and justifying the withdrawal of divine favor from the northern kingdom."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Unity, disunity, and problems of dating in the book of Amos; title: The date of the earliest level of the book of Amos; title: 'I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet' : genre of the book of Amos; title: The book of Amos as a literary-predictive text; title: The purpose and function of the earliest stage of the book of Amos; title: The last additions to the book of Amos.