Author:
Carroll R., M. Daniel.
Imprint:Chicago : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2020.
Description1 online resource (460 p.).
Note:Description based upon print version of record.
Note:Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Excursuses -- General Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- Introduction -- I. Historical Background -- A. The Challenge of the Data -- B. The Date of the Ministry of the Prophet Amos -- C. The International Context -- D. The Socioeconomic Context in Israel -- II. Authorship -- A. The Prophet as Authorial Voice -- B. The Person of Amos -- III. Composition, Structure, and Poetics -- A. The Book as the Result of an Editorial Process -- B. The Authenticity and Unity of the Book
Note:1. The Biographical and Contextual Argument -- 2. The Book as a Literary Unity -- IV. Religion and Theology in the Book of Amos -- A. The Religious Context -- 1. The Significance of "Official Religion" and "Popular Religion" -- 2. The Critique of Religion and the Cult -- B. The Theology of the Book of Amos -- 1. Theological Traditions -- 2. Theological Message -- V. Amos in Early Judaism and the New Testament -- VI. The Message of Amos for Today -- VII. The Text -- Text and Commentary -- I. Preface (1:1-2) -- A. Superscription (1:1) -- B. Summary Oracle (1:2)
Note:II. The Oracles Against the Nations (1:3-2:16) -- A. Oracle against Damascus (1:3-5) -- B. Oracle against Philistia (1:6-8) -- C. Oracle against Tyre (1:9-10) -- D. Oracle against Edom (1:11-12) -- E. Oracle against Ammon (1:13-15) -- F. Oracle against Moab (2:1-3) -- G. Oracle against Judah (2:4-5) -- H. Oracle against Israel (2:6-16) -- 1. Opening Formula and Statement of Israel's Transgressions (2:6-8) -- 2. Rejection of the Gracious Acts of Yahweh (2:9-12) -- 3. Announcement of Judgment (2:13-16) -- III. The Words of God and the Prophet to Israel (3:1-6:14)
Note:A. Divine Exposure of Israel's Guilt (3:1-4:13) -- 1. Two Tales of One City (3:1-4:3) -- 2. Love Can Be Blind (4:4-13) -- B. Prophetic Lament for the Death of Israel (5:1-6:14) -- 1. What's in a Name? (5:1-17) -- 2. The Delusion of Religion (5:18-27) -- 3. The Delusion of Power (6:1-14) -- IV. Visions of Israel's Future (7:1-9:15) -- A. Two Visions of Natural Disaster (7:1-6) -- B. A Vision of Military Defeat (7:7-17) -- 1. Vision: Fortresses of Tin (7:7-9) -- 2. Expansion: The Confrontation at Bethel (7:10-17) -- C. A Vision of Religious Failure (8:1-14)
Note:1. Vision: A Basket of Disaster (8:1-3) -- 2. Expansion: The Cost of Religious Perversion (8:4-14) -- D. A Vision of Divine Sovereignty in Judgment (9:1-15) -- 1. Vision: Shaking the Temple (9:1-6) -- 2. Expansion: Hope beyond the Ruins (9:7-15)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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