a determination is lacking. The most likely period is the decade between 760 and 750 B.C.E.; no more precise determination is possible. Although Amos prophesied in the Northern Kingdom, he actually came from the Southern Kingdom Judah (1:1; 7:12).2 This presumably explains the striking differences between Amos and his only slightly later contemporary Hosea, who grew up in the Northern Kingdom, and—vice versa—his in part noteworthy similarity to the even younger Jerusalemite Isaiah (see discussion