The Book of Amos: A CommentaryIn this volume, Jeremias suggests that the book of Amos was produced through various stages over time. While he does write from a critical perspective, his creativity offers a sensitivity to literary issues within the text that is often missing from critical work. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing. |
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already Alten Testament Amaziah Amorites Amosbuch analogous announcement Arameans Assyrian attested Beer-sheba Bethel Biblische book of Amos book of Joel BZAW chaps commentary concerning conclusion context contrast cult cultic death destruction Deut Deuteronomistic Deuteronomistic history disaster discussion divine discourse divine oracle doxologies Edom exegetes exile expression Festschrift Fleischer formula fourth vision Gese God's Göttingen guilt H. W. Wolff Hamath Hosea und Amos house of Israel interpretation Israel-strophe Jacob Jeremias Jeroboam Jeroboam II Jerusalem Judah Judean judgment Kings Koch lament later mentioned nations nazirites Neukirchen-Vluyn Neukirchener Neukirchener Verlag Northern Kingdom Old Testament oracle parallel passim period postexilic presumably presupposes probably Propheten prophetic punishment reader reference ring composition Rudolph Samaria sanctuary says Yahweh strophe Studien substantive superscription temple theme theology tion tradents tradition transgressions Tübingen Ugaritic understanding Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht verb Verse visionary accounts WMANT words worship