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This second part of David Hinson’s three-part Old Testament Introduction explores how the books of the Old Testament came to be written, how they found a place in the Bible and how they reached us in their present form. The author draws on the latest findings of biblical scholars, archaeologists and historians to present the most up-to-date introduction to the Old Testament books possible.

town of Tekoa in the hill-country of Judah, and was skilled in the care of sycomores, a kind of fig tree. (The fruit had to be pierced to allow juices to escape before it ripened fully—see Amos 7:14.) Amos denied that he had belonged to any band of prophets, but he was convinced that God had called him to prophesy (Amos 7:14–15, see also 3:7–8). Although he was a man of Judah, he fulfilled his ministry in Israel (Amos 7:10). Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, ordered him to return to his home country,
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