Wolff, Hans Walter.
Amos, the prophet; the man and his background. Translated by Foster R. McCurley. Edited, with an introd., by John Reumann. - Philadelphia, Fortress Press [1973] - xii, 100 p. 18 cm.
Translation of Amos' geistige Heimat.
Bibliography: p. 90-96.
The necessity of the question of background, and the approach toward the answer -- Rhetorical forms characteristic of Amos: The didactic question; The "woe-cry"; The numerical sequence; The exhortation speech -- Characteristic themes: Israel and the nations; The "right" way; Justice and righteousness; Individual themes -- Peripheral problems: Tekoa; The house of Isaac; Amos and Isaiah; Wisdom and the proclamation of judgment -- Amos lives out of the oral tradition of Ancient Israel: Clan wisdom -- Bibliography of writings by Hans Walter Wolff and about the subject of this book
0800600126
72087062
Amos (Biblical prophet)
BS580.A6 / W6513
221.9/24 B
Amos, the prophet; the man and his background. Translated by Foster R. McCurley. Edited, with an introd., by John Reumann. - Philadelphia, Fortress Press [1973] - xii, 100 p. 18 cm.
Translation of Amos' geistige Heimat.
Bibliography: p. 90-96.
The necessity of the question of background, and the approach toward the answer -- Rhetorical forms characteristic of Amos: The didactic question; The "woe-cry"; The numerical sequence; The exhortation speech -- Characteristic themes: Israel and the nations; The "right" way; Justice and righteousness; Individual themes -- Peripheral problems: Tekoa; The house of Isaac; Amos and Isaiah; Wisdom and the proclamation of judgment -- Amos lives out of the oral tradition of Ancient Israel: Clan wisdom -- Bibliography of writings by Hans Walter Wolff and about the subject of this book
0800600126
72087062
Amos (Biblical prophet)
BS580.A6 / W6513
221.9/24 B