Amos: An Introduction

Writer Amos (meaning to bear or burden-bearer) was reared in Tekoa, a small town in the hill country of Judah, six miles south of Bethlehem and 18 miles from the Dead Sea. He was a shepherd or possibly a sheep breeder and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. He was a rugged, out-of-doors type of man, quite different from the society of Israel to whom he ministered. He was not schooled as a prophet but c