
Amos | The Opening Oracles Against the Nations
KMTT - the Torah Podcast · Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
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Amos | The Opening Oracles Against the Nations, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Many of our literary prophets issued rebukes, warnings and dire threats against the nations surrounding Israel and Amos's opening chapters are often cited as the paradigm for this genre of prophetic oratory. Yet, a closer look at these prophecies and their setting reveals that Amos, who indeed coined a significant number of prophetic stylings and nuances, had a different agenda in presenting these oracles to his Israelite audience. This shiur was given as part of Michlelet Herzog's ימי עיון בתנ"ך.