A Study of Amos's Art of Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Amos 3:1-15

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In Amos' book, counseling is related to the problem. What? Appeared 4 times, and concentrated on 5: 4-5, 6, 14-15. It rarely happens, so Amos's research has not received much attention. When studying it, its meaning and function are generally broader range of predictive persuasion and its classification prediction that focuses on its origin (from wisdom tradition or from cultural background) The speech is considered to be an independent category or an intention in the overall prophetic message (invite the audience and use it to repent before the holy trials or to use irony to explain the inevitability) Or the reason for punishment) God). However, this article focuses on the role of advice in developing the structure of Amos 5: 1-17.

Amos' prophetic speech is aimed to evoke the fear of his audience by persuadingly depicting their future judgment. By examining the chosen gods, this article will identify and explore two rhetorical strategies to achieve this effect. On the other hand, the terrible image of violent destruction left a deep impression on Amos' audience. On the other hand, for people's destiny, the prophets may be unexpectedly ambiguous and the audience can feel the idea of ​​panic to fill in the hidden information. In both cases, Amos wants to regain the fear of Israel before Israel. The first strategy causes fear by the specificity of detail, but the second strategy depends on openness, giving the impression that imminent events are terrible to speech. The interaction between these opposite strategies gives a rhetorical depth of prophetic speech