Book of Amos
Published on 19. November 2020
460 pages
978-1-4674-5940-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this commentary on the book of Amos, Daniel Carroll combines a detailed reading of the Hebrew text with attention to its historical background and current relevance. What makes this volume unique is its special attention to Amos's literary features and what they reveal about the book's theology and composition. Instead of reconstructing a hypothetical redactional history, this commentary offers a close reading of the canonical form against the backdrop of the eighth century BCE.
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Content
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
