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The opening verse of the Book of Amos introduces him as follows: \u201cThe words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders (noqdim<\/em>) from Tekoa, who prophesied concerning Israel in the reigns of Kings Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.\u201d Nearly every segment of this verse has yielded multiple interpretations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Were <\/span>noqdim<\/em> <\/span>specifically sheep breeders (see 2 Kings 3:4) or also herdsmen of cattle (see Amos 7:14)? Was Tekoa situated in Judah (2 Chronicles 11:6, in the vicinity of Bethlehem), or was it the Tekoa lauded by the Mishnah for its fine olive oil (Menachot 5:3), which was situated in the Galilee? Either way (Amos is identified with kings of both Judah and Israel), should it be understood as \u201cAmos, of Tekoa, was among the herdsmen,\u201d or \u201cAmos, one of the herdsmen, was from Tekoa\u201d?\u00a0 Finally, when the text uses the past tense to identify Amos as one who \u201cwas\u201d (<\/span>hayah<\/span><\/em>) of the herdsmen, is it implying that he ceased that profession upon commencing his prophecy, or does his own reference to his profession in the present tense (7:14) rule that out?<\/span><\/p>\n

And what about \u201cthe noise\u201d (ra`ash<\/em>), universally recognized as a biblical synonym for an earthquake; which earthquake did he precede by two years? Rashi identified it with the earthquake during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah when, as interpreted by the Midrash, he sought to offer incense in the Temple. That, he noted, would place Amos prior to Isaiah whose prophetic career was launched by that very episode (see Isaiah 6:1). See our <\/span>comments on Hosea Chapter 1<\/span><\/a>, in which we observed that the somewhat awkward usage, \u201cWhen the Lord first spoke to Hosea\u201d (1:2) led the Talmud to proclaim Hosea the \u201cfirst\u201d of four contemporaries (Baba Batra 14b). Later scholarship declared Amos second, Isaiah third, and Micah last.<\/span><\/p>\n

In any case, that earthquake was memorable enough that many years later the Prophet Zechariah invoked it as a paradigm of God\u2019s mighty wonders to be displayed in the eschatological future: \u201cAnd the valley in the hills shall be stopped up, for the valley of the hills shall reach only to Azal; it shall be stopped up as it was stopped up as a result of the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah\u2014and the LORD my God, with all the holy beings, will come to you\u201d (14:5).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":77031,"id":77031,"title":"amos1-business card","filename":"amos1-business-card.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amos1-business-card.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/who-are-you-amos\/amos1-business-card\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"amos1-business-card","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":77029,"date":"2020-07-07 11:44:02","modified":"2020-07-07 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