Stockmen from Tekoa, Sycomores from Sheba: A Study of Amos' Occupations (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series)

Stockmen from Tekoa, Sycomores from Sheba: A Study of Amos’ Occupations......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Ancient and Medieval Interpretations of בולס......Page 16
The Septuagint’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Horticulture......Page 19
The Septuagint’s Translation of שקמים: The Meaning and Etymology of συκάμινος......Page 28
Aquila’s Interpretation of בולס......Page 31
Rashi’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Silviculture......Page 34
Bochart’s Etymology of בולס......Page 43
Bochart’s Etymology and a Postbiblical Survival of בלס “Sycomore Fig”......Page 46
Bochart’s Etymology and the Meaning of בולס שקמים......Page 54
The Controversy Surrounding the Origin of the Biblical Sycomore......Page 59
The Distribution of Bls and Šqmt in the Semitic Languages......Page 63
BLS בלס and שקמה: Lexical and Botanical Imports from South Arabia......Page 69
The Etymology of שקמה......Page 75
The Meaning of בוקר......Page 77
The Meaning of בנקדים......Page 81
The Syntax of דברי עמוס אשר היה בנקדים מתקוע......Page 98
The Meaning of ויקחני יהוה מאחרי הצאן......Page 102
The Herdsmen from Tekoa......Page 106
The Location of Amos’ Sycomores......Page 112
Linking the Two Occupations......Page 116
Amos’ Occupations and His Prophecies......Page 127
Summary......Page 131
Ancient and Medieval Works......Page 134
Modern Works......Page 138
Index of Subjects......Page 160
Back Matter......Page 170