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2. But if this was the home of Amos, when and under what circumstances did he occupy it and do his work? We may not accept (1) the view recently suggested* that the book is subsequent to the exile, later even than Joel; nor (2) its assignment to the date 744 or 745 B.C.,† on the ground that Assyria was inactive for twenty-five years previous to the accession of Tiglathpileser III. (745 B.C.); nor (3) the date indicated by Elhorst, viz. in the days of Josiah, 638–621. Students of Amos are all but
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