This Oxford dissertation offers a fresh redactional analysis of the
Book of Amos. It starts with a critical survey of existing
approaches and an examination of the methodological issues involved
and proceeds with a detailed exegetical analysis of the prophetic
text which forms the basis for the redactional conclusions. It
steers a middle course between extreme conservative treatments
which trace all the material back to the prophet Amos and more
radical sceptical approaches which attribute most of the prophetic
oracles to the work of later redactors. The composition of the book
began with two collections: the Polemical scroll written not long
after the end of Amos' ministry and the Repentance scroll composed
shortly before 722 BC. The Repentance scroll was reworked in Judah
towards the end of the 8th century BC and the two scrolls were
combined to form a single work sometime during the 7th century BC.
The Book underwent only one redaction during the exilic period
which sought to actualise its message in a new historical context.
The study pays special attention to the literary structure, aim and
probable historical circumstances of the various collections which
gradually evolved into the present Book of Amos and seeks to show
how the prophetic message lived on and spoke to the various
communities which preserved and transmitted it.
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