The relationship between tectonic environment and human activity has a long history that intimately involves the Ancient Near East and Levant. Texts from the third millennium onward attest to earthquake imagery while records of actual earthquakes cluster in two periods in the Mi…
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This dissertation discusses the literary structure of the Book of Amos as found in the Hebrew Scriptures and evaluates its contribution to the book's argument. The term argument is used throughout this study to describe the synchronic development of the overall message of the bo…
The present study attempts to trace the composition and transmission of the Book of Amos in general and Amos 5:25–27 and 9:11–15 in particular. It argues that Amos 9:11–15 reflects a later redaction during the seventh century BCE which is characterized by its positive portrayal …
The dissertation proposes an alternative approach to analyzing an Old Greek ([Special characters omitted.] <math> <f> <ge>G</ge></f> </math> ) translation. It reviews past studies on [Special characters omitted.] <math> <f> <ge>G</ge></f> </math> translation technique as: (1) le…
The goal of this dissertation is to describe and analyze as exhaustively as possible the translation technique and exegetical practice of the translator of the Septuagint of Amos. The dissertation is divided into two main parts addressing in order the translation technique and t…
This study of the biblical Book of Amos from Marxist and Freudian perspectives demonstrates that the critical approaches so designated complement one another well enough to be adapted and employed constructively in the study of literature and literary production. From the Marxis…
This dissertation argues that the earliest level of the biblical book of Amos was composed after the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians, not before, as traditionally assumed. This earliest layer consisted of most of the current book of Amos, with major excep…