Amos Among The Prophets

Download or read book Amos Among the Prophets written by Robert B. Coote and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Coote describes the stages of growth of the book of Amos, discussing the process of the book's gradual formation. Chapter One introduces Coote's approach, rationale, and method for his analysis. Chapter Two deals with the oracles of doom, basically the oral legacy of the prophet himself. Chapter Three shows how the words of Amos were reactualized and composed in their seventh century setting. Chapter Four comes to grips with the book of Amos as a theological whole, as it now stands in the biblical canon. This book also serves as a useful resource for understanding pre-exilic prophecy because of the many similarities between Amos's message and other prophetic traditions which Coote highlights.