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Libra Esoterica

Amos and the cosmic imagination

by James Richard. Linville

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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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 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

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Prophecy, oracles, and revelation.

  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

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1st

1 online resource (212 p.); Cover; 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; Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 224; Dewey classification: 224.8077; Dewey classification: 224/.8077; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Publication place: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Publication place: Burlington, VT; Society for Old Testament Study monographs

c2008AshgateEnglish
  • 9781351163002
  • 9786611798802
  • 0754693554
  • 1138618853
  • +3 more
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