Loading…

Amos: A Commentary on the Book of Amos is unavailable, but you can change that!

Shalom M. Paul makes extensive use of ancient Near Eastern sources and employs medieval Jewish exegesis along with modern Israeli biblical scholarship. This specialized research makes the commentary on Amos an essential addition to any study on the minor prophet. This electronic version features 440 pages of print material.

In Egypt, see, for example, The Instruction of Amen-emOpet, XVII: 18–22, “Tamper not with the scales, nor falsify the kite-weights, nor diminish the fractions of the corn measure…. Do not lean on the scales nor falsify the weights”; compare XVIII:4–XIX:3.25 It is also very prevalent in Mesopotamian texts.26 ■ 6* These unscrupulous traders in grain also trade in human traffic: “Buying the poor for silver, the needy for a perquisite.” Although the expression has already appeared in 2:6*, this
Page 259
Buy this book at Logos.com