Aspects of Amos - Exegesis and Interpretation

Zusatztext 'Biblical scholars working on the book of Amos may find some of he detailed analysis of individual verses and/or passages helpful.'-Review of Biblical Literature  Informationen zum Autor Anselm C. Hagedorn is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at Osnabrück University, Germany. Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Zusammenfassung The volume brings together eight new essays on Amos! which focus on a range of issues within the book. They represent a number of different approaches to the text from the text-critical to teh psychoanalytical! and from composition to reception. Arising out of a symposium to honour John Barton for his 60th birthday! the essays all respond! either directly or indirectly! to his Amos's Oracles Against the Nations ! and to his lifelong concern with both ethics and method in biblical study. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors Katharine J. Dell Amos and the Earthquake:  Judgement as Natural Disaster Daniel L. Smith-Christopher Engendered Warfare and the Ammonites in Amos 1.13 Anselm C. Hagedorn Edom in the Book of Amos and Beyond Sharon Moughtin-Mumby A man and his father go to Naarah in order to defile my holy name!': Rereading Amos 2.6-8 Aulikki Nahkola Amos Animalizing: Lion, Bear and Snake in Amos 5.19 Paul M. Joyce Amos and Psychological Interpretation Andrew Mein The Radical Amos in Savonarola's Florence Hywel Clifford Amos in Wellhausen's Prolegomena Index of References Index of Authors

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• Authors: Anselm C Hagedorn, Andrew Mein
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Anselm C. Hagedorn (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2012
• EAN: 9780567406804
• ISBN: 978-0-567-40680-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testa; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments