Amos and the cosmic imagination /
Linville, James Richard, 1959-
Amos and the cosmic imagination / James R. Linville. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages). - Society for Old Testament Study monographs . - Society for Old Testament Study monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Transliteration Scheme; Preface; Part I: Imagining Amos; Part II: Speech and Theophany; Part III: Speech and Silence; Part IV: Who Will Not Prophesy?; Bibliography; Name Index; Scripture Index.
Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persian-era community in Judah. Its representations of divine-human communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosm.
0754693554 9780754693550
Bible.--Amos--Commentaries.
Bible.--Amos
Prophecy--Christianity.
Prophétie--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Prophets.
Prophecy--Christianity
Commentaries
BS1585.53 / .L56 2008eb
224/.8077
Amos and the cosmic imagination / James R. Linville. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages). - Society for Old Testament Study monographs . - Society for Old Testament Study monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Transliteration Scheme; Preface; Part I: Imagining Amos; Part II: Speech and Theophany; Part III: Speech and Silence; Part IV: Who Will Not Prophesy?; Bibliography; Name Index; Scripture Index.
Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persian-era community in Judah. Its representations of divine-human communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosm.
0754693554 9780754693550
Bible.--Amos--Commentaries.
Bible.--Amos
Prophecy--Christianity.
Prophétie--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Prophets.
Prophecy--Christianity
Commentaries
BS1585.53 / .L56 2008eb
224/.8077