Amos and the Cosmic Imagination
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Adonai Yahweh
ancient religious tradition
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books
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cosmic temple interpretation
divine-human interaction
Earth Quakes
Earth Swell
Eighth Century BCE
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Fish Pot
Hebrew Bible studies
Holy Mountain
mythopoetic theology
Persian period Judah
prophetic
prophetic literature analysis
Sinful Kingdom
Unjustified Emendation
Young Men
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- ISBN 9781138618855
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by the author 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 cosmos which reveals that behind the appearances of the natural world is a heavenly, cosmic temple.
James R. Linville is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Canada.
