03650cam a2200649Ia 4500 ocn560689638 OCoLC 20200709055212.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 070625s2008 enk ob 001 0 eng d 2007025875 MERUC eng pn MERUC CCO E7B AZK MNT N$T EBLCP IDEBK OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCF DKDLA OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCQ LOA D6H YDX 323477473 427557274 646762147 961561606 961587454 962623812 962724632 967720191 0754693554 (electronic bk.) 9780754693550 (electronic bk.) 0754654818 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9780754654810 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 270570 (N$T) (OCoLC)560689638 (OCoLC)323477473 (OCoLC)427557274 (OCoLC)646762147 (OCoLC)961561606 (OCoLC)961587454 (OCoLC)962623812 (OCoLC)962724632 (OCoLC)967720191 BS1585.53 .L56 2008eb REL 006730 bisacsh 224/.8077 22 MAIN Linville, James Richard. Amos and the cosmic imagination / James R. Linville. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008. 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Bibliography Society for Old Testament Study monographs Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 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. 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. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 630 Bible. Amos Commentaries. Bible. Amos Commentaries. Bible. Amos. fast (OCoLC)fst01892886 Prophecy Christianity. RELIGION Biblical Studies Prophets. bisacsh Prophecy Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01079203 Electronic books. Commentaries. fast (OCoLC)fst01423723 Electronic books. local Print version: Linville, James Richard. Amos and the cosmic imagination. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008 9780754654810 0754654818 (DLC) 2007025875 (OCoLC)148725841 Society for Old Testament Study monographs. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=270570 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL438791 ebrary EBRY ebr10250443 EBSCOhost EBSC 270570 YBP Library Services YANK 2901534 92 N$T 49448 49448