
Book of Amos
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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)
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