the man and his background Wolff, Hans Walter. creator text bibliography biography pau Philadelphia Fortress Press [1973] 1973 monographic eng ger

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xii, 100 p. 18 cm. 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 Translated by Foster R. McCurley. Edited, with an introd., by John Reumann. Translation of Amos' geistige Heimat. Bibliography: p. 90-96. (Biblical prophet) Amos BS580.A6 W6513 221.9/24 B 0800600126 72087062 DLC 730205 20230721090228.0 4552744