Amos and the Cosmic Imagination

James R. Linville (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-61885-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Contents: Preface; Part I Imagining Amos: Landscaping Amos' cosmic temple; Amos among the historians, mythmakers and poets. Part II Speech and Theophany: The words of Amos: Amos 1:1-2; Eight nations: Amos 1:3-2:16; The mantle of Amos: Amos 3:1-15; On mountains and high places: Amos 4:1-13. Part III Speech and Silence: Lament: Amos 5:1-17; Festival of exile: Amos 5:18-27; No one, no sound, nothing: Amos 6. Part IV Who Will Not Prophesy?: Deception: Amos 7:1-17; Silent harvest: Amos 8:1-14; The capital: Amos 9:1-6; The turning: Amos 9:7-15; Bibliography; Indexes.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.10.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-138-61885-3 / 1138618853
ISBN-13	978-1-138-61885-5 / 9781138618855
Zustand	Neuware