Amos: The Genius of Prophetic Rhetoric - Hardcover

Etshalom, Yitzchak

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592646336 ISBN 13: 9781592646333

Publisher: Toby Press LLC, The, 2024

Synopsis

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24). With timeless poetry and stunning imagery, a simple herdsman from the Judean mountains stands in front of a stubborn, antagonistic audience of Israelite royalty and aristocracy and rebukes them for their abuses of power. Summoned by God to chastise and ideally rehabilitate the upper class of eighth-century BCE Israel, Amos of Tekoa offers a hostile audience a better vision of themselves by lifting them to the heavens on wings of lyrical brilliance. We, his “eternal audience,” are privileged to eavesdrop on his evocative oratory. In this incisive presentation, master educator Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom guides us through Amos’s ageless and elegant oratory, with the aim of hearing his words through the ears of the immediate audience – and then teaching us those lessons that have eternal meaning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Toby Press LLC, The
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592646336
• ISBN 13: 9781592646333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464