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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-100567084973

ISBN-139780567084972

eBay Product ID (ePID)44571995

Product Key Features

Number of Pages96 Pages

Publication NameAmos

LanguageEnglish

SubjectBiblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Biblical Studies / General

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorA. Graeme Auld

SeriesT&T Clark Study Guides

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight3.5 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal224.806

Synopsis'Amos is a book to which many people turn early in any serious engagement with Old Testament studies. And it is easy in fact to understand its contemporary popularity. Its tones of social protest, religious critique, and universalism are immediately perceived, and enjoy perennial appeal...'., The contents of this introduction do not mirror the progression of the themes of the book of Amos itself. The reader starts near the end with reports of Amos's visions and the question of his status, and moves to Israel in the context of its neighbours. The reader is then invited to turn to more general discussion of literary issues in Amos. Only then is the familiar starting point of Amos's social and religious critique handled, while a final chapter assesses the wider religious and theological significance of the book., Amos is a book to which many people turn early in any serious engagement with Old Testament studies. And it is easy in fact to understand its contemporary popularity. Its tones of social protest, religious critique, and universalism are immediately perceived, and enjoy perennial appeal...'.

LC Classification NumberBS1585.52