On the other hand, several scholars have described the historical Amos as radically anti-cultic, that is, as someone who was opposed to all kinds of worship involving sacrifices (thus, e.g., Krüger 2006 and Barton 2012: 84–92). Arguably, though, this approach is flawed by a somewhat anachronistic view of the role of sacrificial cults in societies such as ancient Israel and Judah (Eidevall 2012a: 9–30). On the basis of a thorough investigation of all passages in the book of Amos that refer or allude