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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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Jorg Jeremias is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Phillips University in Marburg, Germany.
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Usual Superb Philological-Historical German Hebrew Scholarship!,
By John E.D.P. Malin (Cecilia, Louisiana, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Amos: A Commentary (Old Testament Library) (Paperback)
Dr. J. Jeremias' scholarship of this first "writing" prophet, Amos, critical text is superb scholarship. He handles the usual burden of the historical commentaries which precede his commentary with the usual aplomb and diligence one requires of a Commentator on the ancient classical Hebrew texts.
This is a book one must have in one's library, if one is a serious student of Hebrew theological literature and scribal literary culture. The 'real' portions of the texts by the Eighth century [860-850 B.C.E.] Prophet demand reading by our age as we enter our "evil times"; his message is simple if one is to improve one's society: love the good and hate the evil! I will add more to this review as I re-read his commentary for the fourth time; furthermore, I must re-read the Hebrew text (which I am currently doing) carefully. Amos has been in my consciousness for more than 30 years; one never grows tired of reading and re-reading the Hebrew text with its delicacies of grammar, rhetorical style and sublime poetical structures [assonance, inclusio, repetition, woe oracles, divine & prophetic oracles, etc]. Respectfully, John E.D.P. Malin Chairman of the Board Informatica Corporation School Street P. O. Drawer 460 Cecilia, LA 70521-0460
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I was introduced to this commentary when I studied Amos in seminary, and I found it extremely helpful.As someone who does not read Hebrew, I needed a well-researched resource that would draw my attention the key facts. Jeremias does this in a way that I can understand. While Amos is not a well-preached book of the Bible, it is an excellent source when we discuss social issues, and I keep this book at hand to draw upon. Just a note - this is a scholarly commentary, rather than a preaching commentary. It discusses the text, leaving you to draw your own conclusions, so if you are looking for something to help you preach a series, consider this a foundational book (like a dictionary) rather than the only resource you use.
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The oldest material we possess from Amos is his visionary accounts, which suggest that his prophetic activity underwent an incisive transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
graded numerical sequence, visionary accounts, oracles against the nations, fifth vision, divine discourse, divine oath, worship activities, divine oracle, cultic sites, divine patience, third vision, fourth visions, ring composition, twelve prophets, postexilic period, infinitive absolute, prophetic discourse, individual sayings, funeral lament Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Northern Kingdom, Neukirchener Verlag, New York, Lord Yahweh, Kleine Schriften, Peter Lang, Amos the Prophet, Twelve Prophets, Allen Testament, Deuteronomistische Redaktion, Gesammelte Studien, Middle Ages, Mount Samaria, Religious Polemics, Southern Kingdom, Amos-seine Bilder, Grand Rapids, Die Rolle, Graf Reventlow, Komposition des Amos-Buches, Zur Terminologie New!
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The oldest material we possess from Amos is his visionary accounts, which suggest that his prophetic activity underwent an incisive transformation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
graded numerical sequence, visionary accounts, oracles against the nations, fifth vision, divine discourse, divine oath, worship activities, divine oracle, cultic sites, divine patience, third vision, fourth visions, ring composition, twelve prophets, postexilic period, infinitive absolute, prophetic discourse, individual sayings, funeral lament Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Northern Kingdom, Neukirchener Verlag, New York, Lord Yahweh, Kleine Schriften, Peter Lang, Amos the Prophet, Twelve Prophets, Allen Testament, Deuteronomistische Redaktion, Gesammelte Studien, Middle Ages, Mount Samaria, Religious Polemics, Southern Kingdom, Amos-seine Bilder, Grand Rapids, Die Rolle, Graf Reventlow, Komposition des Amos-Buches, Zur Terminologie New!
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- Amos Among the Prophets by Robert B. Coote on 4 pages
- The Prophetic Faith by Martin Buber on page 90, and page 164
- Old Testament Theology: The Theology of Israel's Historical Traditions v. 1 by Gerhard Von Rad on page 41, and page 95
- Old Testament Theology, Volume I (Old Testament Library) by Gerhard von Rad on page 41, and page 95
- Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel by Robert Wilson on page 136
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- Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E (Studies in Biblical Literature) by David Green (Translator) Rainer Albertz on page 197, and page 205
- The Twelve Prophets (Vol. 1): Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah (Berit Olam series) by Marvin A. Sweeney on page 275
- The Prophetic Literature: An Introduction by David L. Petersen on page 212
- Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments by Yvonne Sherwood on page 237
- Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments by Yvonne Sherwood on page 237
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