LEADER 02845oam 2200709M 450 001 9910453921703321 005 20200324081340.0 010 $a9780817185837 010 $a1-138-61885-3 010 $a1-351-16300-0 010 $a1-351-16298-5 010 $a1-281-79880-0 010 $a9786611798802 010 $a0-7546-9355-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549990 035 $a(EBL)438791 035 $a(OCoLC)560689638 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10050509 035 $a(PQKB)10152713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5165880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438791 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL179880 035 $a(OCoLC)1016931848$z(OCoLC)1016029873 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1016931848 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781351163002 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549990 100 $a20171205d2017 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmos and the Cosmic Imagination /$fJames R. Linville 205 $a1st. 210 1$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 1 $aSociety for Old Testament Study monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8153-8758-X 311 $a0-7546-5481-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aCover; 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 Index 330 $aSaid to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persian-era community in Judah. Its representations of divine-human communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosm 410 0$aSociety for Old Testament Study monographs. 606 $aProphecy$xChristianity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aProphecy$xChristianity. 676 $a224 676 $a224.8077 676 $a224/.8077 700 $aLinville$b James R.$01048200 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453921703321 996 $aAmos and the Cosmic Imagination$92476330 997 $aUNINA