Still Selling the Righteous: A Redaction-Critical Investigation Of Reasons For Judgment In Amos 2.6-16: 555 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Graham R. Hamborg

ISBN 10: 0567542203 / ISBN 13: 9780567542205

Published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2014-01-02, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Still Selling the Righteous: A Redaction-Critical Investigation Of Reasons For Judgment In Amos 2.6-16: 555 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2014-01-02
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567542203
• ISBN 13: 9780567542205
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This redaction-critical study interprets the reasons for judgment in Amos 2.6-16 in the literary context of each of the redactional compositions which, it is argued, underlie the Amos-text. It is proposed that the Amos-text is both a theological work and a tractate of social criticism. In earlier redactional compositions the dominant reasons for judgment concern mistreatment of the weak. In the later redactional compositions these are overshadowed, in terms of length of text, by more theological reasons for judgment; however, these strengthen, rather than weaken, the force of the older reasons for judgment.

About the Authors

Revd Dr Graham Hamborg is a Continuing Ministerial Development Officer in the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford. This study is a revision of his doctoral thesis, for which he was awarded a PhD by the University of Nottingham in 2009.

Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA