Amos in Song and Book Culture

Informationen zum Autor Joyce Rilett Wood has taught at various universities, most recently at the Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia and currently works in Toronto. Klappentext This study argues that the gist and movement of the prophecy in the book of Amos can be attributed to Amos himself, who composed a coherent cycle of poetry. His dire predictions came after the Fall of Samaria but before the Fall of Jerusalem. Writing a century later, the author of the book preserved but updated Amos' text by fitting it into a developing literary, historical and prophetic tradition. Amos is used as a test case to show that prophecy originated in the performing arts but was later transformed into history and biography. The original prophecy is a song Amos recited at symposia or festivals. The book's interest focusses on the performer and his times. Zusammenfassung This study argues that the gist and movement of the prophecy in the book of Amos can be attributed to Amos himself, who composed a coherent cycle of poetry. The text uses Amos to show that prophecy originated in the performing arts but was later transformed into history and biography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joyce Rilett Wood, Joyce Louise Rilett Wood, Joyce Rilett Wood
• Mitarbeit: Claudia V. Camp (Herausgeber), Andrew Mein (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.04.2002
• EAN: 9781841272443
• ISBN: 978-1-84127-244-3
• Seiten: 260
• Serien: Journal for the Study of the O; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Journal for the Study of the O; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Israel, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Bible readings, selections and meditations