Joel and Amos: An Introduction and Commentary

by David Allan Hubbard

Book Overview

Joel's arresting imagery--blasting trumpet, darkened sun and marching hosts--has shaped the church's eschatological vision of a day of wrath.Amos's ringing indictments--callous oppression, heartless worship and self-seeking gain--have periodically awakened the conscience of God's people.Twenty-five-hundred years after they were first born, those prophetic words never fail to awaken and arrest. Viewed against the background of their culture and society,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877842744
• ISBN13: 9780877842743
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.3"