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Amos / Gary V. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mentor commentaryPublication details: Fearn : Mentor, 1998.Edition: [Rev. and expanded ed.]Description: 398 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1857922530
  • 9781857922530
Uniform titles:
  • Bible. O.T. Amos. English. Smith. 1998.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 224.807 21
LOC classification:
  • BS1585.3 .S62 1998
Other classification:
  • 11.41
Contents:
Judgments on the nations: Amos 1:1-2:16. The title of the book of Amos (1:1-2) -- The oracles against the nations (1:3-2:16) -- The verification of God's warnings of punishment on Samaria: Amos 3:1-6:14. The cause of God's punishment versus the results of God's election (3:1-8) -- The confirmation of God's punishment (3:9-4:3) -- Israel is unwilling to return to God (4:4-4:13) -- A lament over Israel (5:1-17) -- A woe oracle concerning false hopes (5:18-27) -- A woe oracle concerning false security (6:1-14) -- Visions and exhortations of the end: Amos 7:1-9:15. Compassion withing visions of judgment (7:1-6) -- Destruction, not forgiveness, for king and Temple (7:7-17) -- Wailing, not forgiveness in the end (8:1-14) -- No sinners can escape God's judgment (9:1-10) -- An epilogue: the restoration after judgment (9:11-15).
Summary: The book of Amos is full of wordplays, double entendres, pictorial visions and direct statements of fact and judgement. Smith's job is to address the historical, stylistice and interpretative aspects of Amos: not just what is written but also how and why the prophecies are recorded. --from publisher dscription
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-398).

Judgments on the nations: Amos 1:1-2:16. The title of the book of Amos (1:1-2) -- The oracles against the nations (1:3-2:16) -- The verification of God's warnings of punishment on Samaria: Amos 3:1-6:14. The cause of God's punishment versus the results of God's election (3:1-8) -- The confirmation of God's punishment (3:9-4:3) -- Israel is unwilling to return to God (4:4-4:13) -- A lament over Israel (5:1-17) -- A woe oracle concerning false hopes (5:18-27) -- A woe oracle concerning false security (6:1-14) -- Visions and exhortations of the end: Amos 7:1-9:15. Compassion withing visions of judgment (7:1-6) -- Destruction, not forgiveness, for king and Temple (7:7-17) -- Wailing, not forgiveness in the end (8:1-14) -- No sinners can escape God's judgment (9:1-10) -- An epilogue: the restoration after judgment (9:11-15).

The book of Amos is full of wordplays, double entendres, pictorial visions and direct statements of fact and judgement. Smith's job is to address the historical, stylistice and interpretative aspects of Amos: not just what is written but also how and why the prophecies are recorded. --from publisher dscription

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