Stockmen From Tekoa, Sycomores From Sheba: A Study Of Amos' Occupations (the Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series, 36)

History Of Interpretation -- Etymology And Meaning -- Linguistic Evidence For The Origin Of The Biblical Sycomore -- Amos' Occupations. By Richard C. Steiner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 123-148) And Index. Stockmen from Tekoa, Sycomores from Sheba: A Study of Amos’ Occupations......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Ancient and Medieval Interpretations of בולס......Page 16 The Septuagint’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Horticulture......Page 19 The Septuagint’s Translation of שקמים: The Meaning and Etymology of συκάμινος......Page 28 Aquila’s Interpretation of בולס......Page 31 Rashi’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Silviculture......Page 34 Bochart’s Etymology of בולס......Page 43 Bochart’s Etymology and a Postbiblical Survival of בלס “Sycomore Fig”......Page 46 Bochart’s Etymology and the Meaning of בולס שקמים......Page 54 The Controversy Surrounding the Origin of the Biblical Sycomore......Page 59 The Distribution of Bls and Šqmt in the Semitic Languages......Page 63 BLS בלס and שקמה: Lexical and Botanical Imports from South Arabia......Page 69 The Etymology of שקמה......Page 75 The Meaning of בוקר......Page 77 The Meaning of בנקדים......Page 81 The Syntax of דברי עמוס אשר היה בנקדים מתקוע......Page 98 The Meaning of ויקחני יהוה מאחרי הצאן......Page 102 The Herdsmen from Tekoa......Page 106 The Location of Amos’ Sycomores......Page 112 Linking the Two Occupations......Page 116 Amos’ Occupations and His Prophecies......Page 127 Summary......Page 131 Ancient and Medieval Works......Page 134 Modern Works......Page 138 Index of Subjects......Page 160 Back Matter......Page 170 Addresses key issues concerning the descriptions of Amos's occupations. It features a thorough linguistic analysis of each relevant term or phrase, analyses of the how such professions were carried out, and an examination of the social role and standing of those so engaged.