Cover; Short Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; General preface; Author's preface; Chief abbreviations; Texts and versions; Select bibliography; Old Testament introductions; Old Testament histories; Old Testament theologies; Works on the prophets; Joel: commentaries; Joel: special studies; Amos: commentaries; Amos: special studies; Joel; Introduction; 1. The prophecy of Joel; 2. The place in the Canon; 3. The date of the book; 4. The setting of the book; 5. Unity and structure; 6. The message; 7. Joel and the New Testament; Analysis; Commentary; 1. Introduction (1:1).

2. The locust plague and the day of the Lord (1:2

2:17)a. The awful plague (1 :2-20); b. The imminent Day of the Lord (1:1-17); 3. The coming victory (2:18

3:21); a. Restoration of the plague-damage (2:18-27); b. Outpouring of the Spirit (2:28-32; Heb. 3:1-5); c. Threshing of the nations in judgment (3:1-14; Heb. 4:1-14); d. Rescuing of Judah (3:15-21; Heb. 4:15-21); Amos; Introduction; 1. The prophecy of Amos; 2. The place in the Canon; 3. The date of the book; 4. The setting of the book; Personal background; Call; Spiritual influences; 5. Unity and composition of the book.

Passages under questionPossibilities of redaction; 6. Literary forms; Major categories; Other categories; Frequent literary devices; 7. The message; Major themes; Contribution to other Old Testament passages; Use in the New Testament; 8. Structure; Analysis; Commentary; 1. Introduction: title and theme (1:1-2); a. Title (1:1); b. Theme (1:2); 2. Seven judgment speeches against the nations (1:3

2:5); a. Damascus (1:3-5); b. Philistine cities (1:6-8); c. Tyre (1:9-10); d. Edom (1:11-12); e. Ammonites (1:13-15); f. Moab (2:1-3); g. Judah (2:4-5).

3. Transitional judgment speech against Israel (2:6-16)a. Indictment: economic and religious oppression (2:6-8); b. Indictment expanded: divine grace in the exodus (2:9-12); c. Announcement of judgment: earthquake (2:13-16); 4. Three judgment speeches against Israel (3:1

5:17); a. Judgment speech: abuse of covenant privileges (3:1-15); b. Judgment speech: rejection of divine warnings (4:1-13); c. Judgment speech: perversion of worship and justice (5:1-17); 5. Two woe oracles against Israel (5:18

6:14); a. Woe oracle: misguided interpretation of the Day of Yahweh (5:18-27).

B. Woe oracle: misdirected sense of material security (6:1-14)6. Five judgment visions against Israel (7:1

9:10); a. Vision report: locusts (7:1-3); b. Vision report: fire (7:4-6); c. Vision report: plumb-line (7:7-8); d. Judgment speech: collapse of religious and political structures (7:9); e. Report of Amos' conflict with Amaziah (7:10-17); f. Vision report: basket of summer fruit (8:1-2); g. Judgment speech: death prevails (8:3); h. Judgment speeches: God remembers (8:4-14); i. Vision report: the Lord above the altar (9:1-6); j. Judgment speech: the sieve and the sword (9:7-10).