Amos: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text
Overview
In Amos Duane Garrett puts aside the study of contextual, theological matters normally touched upon in commentaries, and solely focuses on the written text. He brings a carefully learned grammatical analysis to this study and illustrates the meaning of the text through grammar study.
Top Highlights
“ the number seven (or seven plus one) is very important in Amos” (Page 3)
“The basis for the line divisions used here are two-fold” (Page 8)
“The divine title (וַאדֹנָי יְהוִה הַצְּבָאו̇ת) serves as the antecedent for all three complex relative clauses.” (Page 266)
“directed his message against the aristocratic and priestly upper-classes of Samaria and Bethel” (Page 1)
“This suggests that Amos considered the Davidic king to have a superior claim to legitimacy.” (Page 15)
- Title: Amos: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text
- Author: Duane A. Garrett
- Series: Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Amos › Criticism, textual; Bible. O.T. Amos › Language, style; Hebrew language › Grammar; Bible. O.T. Amos › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781602582286, 9781932792690, 9781481302517, 1602582289, 1932792694, 1481302515
- Resource ID: LLS:HBKHBRTXT30AM
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:28:06Z
Duane A. Garrett brings to Southern Seminary many years of teaching, writing, research and pastoral experience. He has served on the faculty of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Bethel Seminary, Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary, Mid-America Baptist Seminary and Korea Baptist Seminary. His books include Song of Songs in the Word Biblical Commentary; A Modern Grammar for Classical Hebrew; Angels and the New Spirituality; Authority and Interpretation; and Hosea and Joel in the New American Commentary. He also serves as the general editor for The Archaeology Study Bible from Zondervan Press.