The Book of Amos in Emergent Judah (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe)

"Recent developments in the study of ancient Near Eastern prophecy, as well as new archaeological models of the development of ancient Judah and Israel, have significant implications for biblical prophetic literature. Jason Radine proposes a reassessment of the book of Amos in light of these developments. In comparison with the evidence for prophecy in the ancient Near East (including ancient Israel), biblical prophetic literature stands out as a distinctly different phenomenon. The author proposes that the book of Amos is not a work of prophecy as the phenomenon is known from the ancient Near East, but rather a religio-political document explaining and justifying the withdrawal of divine favor from the northern kingdom. The book of Amos uses lamentation language to describe the Assyrian conquest of Israel, but also makes social justice accusations that justify the northern kingdom's destruction." Cover Dedication Preface Contents Introduction: Outline of Plan and Contents Chapter One: Unity, Disunity, and Problems of Datingin the Book of Amos 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Superscription 1.3. The Oracles against the Nations 1.3.1. The Form of the Oracles against the Nations 1.3.2. The Accusations in the Oracles against the Nations 1.3.3. The Oracle against Judah (Amos 2:4–5) 1.3.4 The Broad Structure of the Oracles against the Nations 1.3.5.The Oracle against Israel 1.4. Exodus Traditions in the Book of Amos 1.5. Disputed Passages in Amos 3–4 1.6. The Doxologies in the Book of Amos 1.7. Disputed Verses and Chiastic Structuring Amos 5 1.8. Problems and Solutions in Amos 6 1.9. The Vision Reports 1.10. The Narrative Interlude 1.11. The Conclusion of the Book and Amos‘s Place inthe Book of the Twelve 1.12. Conclusion Chapter Two: The Date of the Earliest Level of the Book of Amos 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The Historical Setting in Amos 1:1 2.2.1. Uzziah in II Kings and II Chronicles 2.2.2. Inscriptional Evidence for Uzziah 2.2.3. Shema, Servant of Jeroboam 2.2.4. The Earthquake and the Eclipse 2.3. Dating the Earliest Stage of the Book of Amos after the Assyrian Conquest of Israel 2.3.1. Amos 6:2: Assyria on the Marc 2.3.2. Sikkût and kiyyûn 2.3.3. Ašmat šōmrôn 2.3.4. Specific Dating 2.4. Other Post-760s Proposals for the Earliest Compilation of the Book of Amos 2.5. Conclusion Chapter Three: “I am not a Prophet, nor the Sonof a Prophet”: Genre of the Book of Amos 3.1. Introduction 3.2. “Prophetic” Literature 3.2.1. Definitions of Prophecy 3.2.2. Messenger Formulae 3.2.3. Prophetic Titles 3.2.4. Ecstasy 3.2.5. Social Criticism in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy 3.2.6. Public Proclamation 3.3. Poets not Prophets 3.4. Conclusion Chapter Four: The Book of Amos as a Literary-Predictive Text 4.1. Introduction 4.2. The “Akkadian Prophecies” 4.2.1. Text A 4.2.2. Text B 4.2.3. The Marduk Prophecy 4.2.4. The Shulgi Prophecy 4.2.5. The Uruk Prophec 4.2.6. The Dynastic Prophecy 4.3. Genre Classifications 4.4. Possible Non-Mesopotamian Literary-Predictive Texts 4.4.1. Egyptian Prophecies 4.4.2. The Deir ‘Alla Text 4.5. The Composition of the Book of Amos in the Light of Comparative Study 4.6. Conclusion Chapter Five: The Purpose and Function of the Earliest Stage of the Book of Amos 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Archaeological Context for the Earliest Stage of the Book of Amos 5.2.1. Literacy 5.3. Amos and the City Laments 5.3.1. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 5.3.2. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur 5.3.3. The Lamentations over the Destructions of Uruk and Eridu 5.3.4. The Nippur Lament 5.3.5. Later Laments: Balags and eršemmas 5.4. Relationship of the Mesopotamian Laments to Biblical Texts 5.5. Woe Oracles 5.6. Amos and Divine Disaster Texts outside of the City Laments 5.6.1. The Curse of Agade 5.6.2. Tikulti-Ninurta Epic 5.6.3. The Seed of Kingship 5.6.4. The Poem of Erra 5.6.5. Esarhaddon‘s Rebuilding of Babylon 5.6.6. Adad-Guppi and Cyrus 5.7. Concluding Remarks on Amos and Non-Lament Texts 5.8. Conclusion Chapter Six: The Last Additions to the Book of Amos 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Oracles against the Nations 6.2.1. Damascus 6.2.2. Philistia 6.2.3. Tyre 6.2.4. Edom 6.2.5. Ammon 6.2.6. Moab 6.3. The Amaziah Narrative (Amos 7:10–17) 6.3.1. The Book of Amos and the History of Bethe 6.3.2. Jeroboam III? 6.3.3. A Bethel Origin for the Book of Amos? 6.3.4. Anti-Prophecy 6.4. The Amos Epilogue (Amos 9:11–15) 6.4.1. The sukkāt dāwîd 6.4.2. Amos and Zechariah 6.5. Conclusion Conclusions and Implications Appendix: Amos 6 Chiasm Chart Bibliography Ancient Sources Index Modern Authors Index Subject Index Unity, disunity, and problems of dating in the book of Amos The date of the earliest level of the book of Amos 'I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet' : genre of the book of Amos The book of Amos as a literary-predictive text The purpose and function of the earliest stage of the book of Amos The last additions to the book of Amos. "Jason Radine proposes that the book of Amos is not a work of "prophecy" as the phenomenon is known from the ancient Near East, but rather a religio-political document explaining and justifying the withdrawal of divine favor from the northern kingdom."--Page 4 of cover.