02811oam 2200697M 450 991078221070332120230810000012.097808171858371-138-61885-31-351-16300-01-351-16298-51-281-79880-097866117988020-7546-9355-4(CKB)1000000000549990(EBL)438791(OCoLC)560689638(SSID)ssj0000102716(PQKBManifestationID)11113588(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102716(PQKBWorkID)10050509(PQKB)10152713(MiAaPQ)EBC438791(MiAaPQ)EBC5165880(Au-PeEL)EBL438791(CaPaEBR)ebr10250443(CaONFJC)MIL179880(OCoLC)1016931848(OCoLC)1016029873(OCoLC-P)1016931848(FlBoTFG)9781351163002(EXLCZ)99100000000054999020171205d2017 my 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAmos and the Cosmic Imagination /James R. Linville1st.Routledge,2017.1 online resource (212 p.)Society for Old Testament Study monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8153-8758-X 0-7546-5481-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Transliteration Scheme; Preface; Part I: Imagining Amos; Part II: Speech and Theophany; Part III: Speech and Silence; Part IV: Who Will Not Prophesy?; Bibliography; Name Index; Scripture IndexSaid to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persian-era community in Judah. Its representations of divine-human communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosmSociety for Old Testament Study monographs.ProphecyChristianityProphecyChristianity.224224.8077224/.8077Linville James R.1544599OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910782210703321Amos and the Cosmic Imagination3798975UNINA