The Religious Polemics of Amos: Studies in the Preaching of Amos ii 7B-8, iv 1-13, v 1-27, vi 4-7, viii 14 (Vetus Testamentum Supplements, v. 34)
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Published by Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1984
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xiv, 244 pages ; 25 cm. ex-library with plate. no notes or highlighting. Contents: 1. Introduction -- Preliminary remarks -- The prophet Amos -- 2. "Filius ac Pater eius ierunt ad Puellam" a study in Am. 2, 7B-8 -- Preliminary remarks. The context. -- Amos 2, 6-8 -- The problem of the maid -- Is the maid a cult prostitute? -- Cultic prostitution in the Ancient Near East -- The Old Testament evidence concerning cultic prostitution -- 3. The prophet as missionary, studies in Am. 4, 1-13 -- The cows of Bashan -- A digression. The cow as a fertility symbol int he Ancient Near East. A few examples -- The words of Amos against the cults in Bethel and Gilgal (Am. 4, 4-5) -- Bethel in the biblical tradition -- The archaeology of Bethel -- Gilgal in the biblical tradition -- The archaeology of Gilgal -- The transgressions of the Israelites at Bethel and Gilgal -- The text -- Am. 4, 6-11912) in the history of research, and how it should be interpreted -- The disasters of Am. 4, 6-11 -- 4. Religious polemics in Amos 5 -- The composition and contents of chapter 5 -- Lamentation and fertility. A few remarks -- The "Day of Yahweh" in Amos 5, 18-20 -- Preliminary remarks -- The "Day of Yahweh" in recent scholarship. A short outline -- ywm yhwh in the message of the prophets -- The origin of the idea of the "Day of Yahweh" in the prophets. A few remarks -- The "Sitz im Leben" of the "Day of Yahweh" in the prophets -- Amos 5, 18-20 -- Amos and the sacrificial cult. Am. 5, 21-24 -- Amos 5, 25-26 -- 5. Am. 6, 4-6. The mrzh institution -- Structure and contents of Am. 6, 1-14. The text of Am. 6, 4-7 -- The Ancient Near Eastern mrzh evidence. A survey -- The Old Testament -- An ostracon from Elephantine -- The Marseilles Tariff -- A Phoenician inscription from Piraeus -- The Nabatean evidence -- The Palmyrean evidence -- The Ugaritic mrzh texts -- The mrzh of Am. 6, 4-6 against its Ancient Near Eastern background -- 6. The deities of Am. 8, 14 -- The structure and contents of Chapter 8. The text of 8, 14 -- Swearing by the deity -- The Oath formula hy -- The deities of Am. 8, 14 -- Preliminary remarks -- The goddess Ashima of Samaria -- The Shima of II Kings 17, 30 and the Ashima of Am. 8, 14 -- The goddess Ashima and the Elephantine papyri -- The Hellenistic evidence concerning the goddess Simia -- A few final remarks on the goddess Ashima of the Old Testament -- Samaria in the Book of Amos and int he polemics of the prophets -- The God of Dan -- Dan in the biblical tradition -- The archaeology of Dan -- The drk of Beersheba -- Beersheba in the Bible and in archaeology. …
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- The Religious Polemics of Amos: Studies in the Preaching of Amos ii 7B-8, iv 1-13, v 1-27, vi 4-7, viii 14 (Vetus Testamentum Supplements, v. 34)
- Author
- Hans M. Barstad
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9004070176
- ISBN 13
- 9789004070172
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Review
James D. Newsome, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1986.
'...volume très érudit où sont abordés tant d'aspects intéressants des cultes cananéens...'
R.J. Tournay, Revue Biblique, 1985.
'Auf dem langen Marsch der modernen Bibelwissenschaft zu einem vertieften Verständniss der Auseinandersetzung der israelitischen Propheten mit dem Kanaanäertum bedeutet das Werk einen weithin sichtbaren und richtungsweisenden Wegstein.'
O. Loretz, VF, 1987.
'Altogether it is a stimulating and thought-provoking study.'
G.I. Emmerson, S.O.T.S., 1985.
'Pour l'exégète comme pour le traducteur du livre d'Amos, ce livret est déjà indispensable.'
J.G. Heintz, Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses, 1987.
'...the book is worthy of consideration by those who are interested in the study of Amos.'
Allan Moseley, The Theological Educator, 1986.
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