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Amos : A Commentary on the Book of Amos /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
Fortress Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- General introduction to the book of Amos
- Introductory material concerning the "oracles again the nations"
- 1:1-2 Superscription and motto
- 1:3
- 2:16 Oracles against the nations
- Introductory comments, 2:6-16
- Introductory comments, 2:14-16
- 3:1-2 Divine election and judgment
- 3:3-8 The irresistible sequence of cause and effect
- 3:9-12 Witnesses to Samaria's outrages and oppression
- 3:13-15 Judgment upon altars and ostentatious buildings
- 4:1-3 Condemnation and punishment of the uppity upper-class women
- 4:4-13 Castigating chastisement of the cult and futile punitive retribution
- Excursus: The doxologies in the book of Amos
- 5:1-17 Funerary dirge over the nation and a ray of hope
- Introductory comments to the literary unit, 5:1-17
- 5:18-20 The "Day of the Lord"
- introductory comments to the "Day of the Lord
- 5:21-27 Ritual praxis without moral practice
- 6:1-7 Indictment of conspicuous consumption
- 6:8-11 Doom and destruction for the city and its inhabitants
- 6:12-14 Perversion of the moral order and "pride goes before ruin"
- Excursus: The visions in Amos
- 7:1-9 First three visions: prophetic intercession and the die is cast
- 7:10-17 Amaziah versus Amos
- 8:1-3 Fourth vision: doomsday and mass carnage
- 8:4-8 Unscrupulous traders in grain and human traffic
- 8:9-10 Solar eclipse and mourning rites
- 8:11-12 The inaccessibility of God
- 8:13-14 Condemnation of popular oath formulae
- 9:1-6 Fifth vision: inescapability from divine judgment
- 9:7-10 Destined for decimation
- 9:11-15 Future restoration and blessings of bounty and security
- Introductory comments to the epilogue.