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Exploring Prophetic Voices: Lessons from Biblical Figures and the Book of Amos

This study delves into the roles of biblical prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Amos, examining their divine calls, the themes they addressed, and their impacts on justice, morality, and societal structures. We explore the evolution of prophecy, retributive justice, and the purification of religion. Key rhetorical devices, including chiasm, hyperbole, and metaphor, are highlighted to understand the richness of prophetic literature. In light of Rev. Wright's teachings, we analyze how the messages of these ancient prophets continue to resonate, challenging systems of oppression and inspiring hope.

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Exploring Prophetic Voices: Lessons from Biblical Figures and the Book of Amos

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  1. “Prophets” • Roeh- Diviner/Seer • Ish-Elohim- Man of God • Ho-zeh- Seer/Raver/Dreamer • Nabi- prophet • Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Saul, Witch of Endor?, Elijah, Micaiah bin-Imlah, Elisha, Amos

  2. Themes • Justice: Retributive, Distributive, Restorative • Indictment of Systems • Purify Religion (Internalization of Torah) • Hope • Covenant Fidelity and Empire • Universalism

  3. “Classical” Prophets Monarchy: Moses vs. Solomon Ivory Houses Absentee Landowners Corvee Labor Temple/Palace Complex Centralized worship: Shechem, Shiloh, Bethel => Jerusalem Bureacracy Monetary Economy Hewn Stones

  4. Characteristics • Divine Call • Divine Word • Divine Vision • Mighty Works • Prayer • Symbolic Action • Commissioned • Vision • Historiography • Biography • Divinatory Chronicles

  5. Expression • Judgment oracles • Woe Oracles • Riv/lawsuit • Lament • Allegory • Acrostic • Song • Hymn

  6. Evaluation • Visions/signs/wonders • Use of the Name • Fulfillment • Personal Integrity

  7. Rhetoric • Pun (Amos 8.1-2, Is. 5.7) • Chiasm (ABB’A’) (Amos 2.11-12) • Hyperbole (Is. 10.19) • Repetition: Superlative (Is. 6.3), Geminatio (Jer. 4.19), Anaphora (Jer. 5.15-17), Multiclinatum (Jer. 11.18), Parallelism (1.10) • Alliteration (Hebrew: Jer. 49.15 bait) • Inclusio (Amos 2.9, 5.2) • Accumulation (Jer 1.18) • Chain (Joel 1.4) • Tropes: Metaphor (Amos 3.8, 4.1), Simile (Hos 7.7), Abusio (Amos 1.2, Hos. 10.13), Epithet (Is. 30.7), Metonymy (Jer. 50.6), Synecdoche (Jer. 14.2), Merism (Jer. 51.22), Allegory (2 Sam 12.1-4)

  8. Inherited materials • Collection • Commentary • Updating • Linking

  9. (Neo)Assyria • Exile: cultural genocide: people of the land & Samaritans • Fish hooks, dashing • Tribute or Siege • Warrior kings • Astral deities & Temple

  10. Amos Images Rhetoric • Summer Fruit & End (qayits & qets) • Plumb line • Day of the LORD • Nazarites drunk • Prepare to meet your God • “Prophet” or “Son of a prophet” • For ¾ and 7/8: beyond perfection • Parallelism • Pun (8.1 & 8.2) • Rhetorical Questions

  11. Rev. Wright or Rev. Wrong?

  12. Evaluate, both sympathetically and critically, in no more than 500 words, Rev. Wright’s content in light of your study of Amos.

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