Amos in song and book culture / Joyce Rilett Wood.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Rilett Wood, Joyce Louise.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 337.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 337

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible stories--O.T. Amos.

Bible stories.

Bible. Amos--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study argues that the gist and movement of the prophecy in the book of Amos can be attributed to Amos himself, who composed a coherent cycle of poetry. His dire predictions came after the Fall of Samaria but before the Fall of Jerusalem. Writing a century later, the author of the book preserved but updated Amos' text by fitting it into a developing literary, historical and prophetic tradition. Amos is used as a test case to show that prophecy originated in the performing arts but was later transformed into history and biography. The original prophecy is a song Amos recited at symposia or

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE WRITTEN PROPHECY; Chapter 2 WRITING AND EDITING IN AMOS; Chapter 3 PROPHECY AS A PERFORMING ART AND THE EMERGENCE OF BOOK CULTURE; Chapter 4 PROPHETIC TRADITION AND CULTURAL CONTEXT; Chapter 5 FROM SONG CULTURE TO BOOK CULTURE; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Originally presented as the author's thesis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611841850

9781281841858

1281841854

9780567332363

0567332365

OCLC:

276934785