The Book of Amos: A Commentary

by Jörg Jeremias

In this volume, Jeremias suggests that the book of Amos was produced through various stages over time. While he does write from a critical perspective, his creativity offers a sensitivity to literary issues within the text that is often missing from critical work.

The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Genres: Biblical Studies

250 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Robert Tessmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5, A lot of interesting information, but sentence structure made it a little difficult to read.

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good commentary on the book of Amos. There are a few choices he makes in his exegesis in which better understandings of the text are available. The literary and redaction criticism is manageable and does not get bogged down in the technicalities like Hans Walter Wolff does.

[Chris Wood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeremias is a talented scholar who aims his theological and exegetical acumen at the book of Amos. Providing his own translation, he carefully outlines his rationale for important translation decisions and connects that to a more theological and cultural discussion making for a rich interpretation and introduction to Amos and his message for Israel.

Nevertheless, as with many modern biblical scholars, his numerous unanalyzed assumptions relating to the supposed redacted character of the text crowds the perhaps more important discussion of what appears to me to be a superbly constructed literary unit. Further, at many points his confidence in his ability to distinguish post-exilic and original material was not communicated to the reader, leaving the reader guessing as to what led him to make such assertions.

Overall, his work was worth reading for his exegetical brilliance and theological insights, but it must be read thoughtfully lest the reader fail to see the literary genius in the book of Amos.

[Leviticus Ferris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Commentaries are on going reading projcts

[Leviticus Ferris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Commentaries are on going reading projcts