Amos+Part+1-2

I. Summery of Prophetic Book > A. Amos' Destruction Prophecies > > 1. Amos talks maily about destruction > > > a. He talks about the destruction of Gods promises to the Isrealites > > > > 1) These promises are centered mainly on the Exodus and the settling with Joshua > > > > 2) Talks about how ods precense would leave > > > b. These sermons of destruction were mainly about the invasion of the Assyrains > B. Is one of the first peoples to talk about salvation histories > > 1. Tells how the Davidic Line will continue > > 2. Says that the Yaweh is a champion of the poor > C. Literary Form > > 1. Original Writings > > > a. Three Judgement speeches > > > b. Three collections of woe sayings > > > c. Four visions > > > d. Oracles against the nations > > 2. Secondary Writings > > > a. Judgement speech > > > b. Another visionary story > > > c. Book ends saying there will be revival of the Davidic Line II. Identity, Vocation, and Method > A. Amos the Man > > 1. Mid-aged > > 2. Came from a wealthy family, which is visible by the literary technique > > 3. Extremely poor > > 4. Was a shepard, and took on a second job of a sycamore tree dresser > > 5. Lived in Tekoa, ten miles south of Jerusalem > > > a. Prophesizes in Samaria and Bethel mainly > > 6. Name Amos means burden > B. God procliams God's work through oral speech > > 1. Angers nobles and gets expelled from northern Isreal because he says Yaweh is the Lord of the poor