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The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the second in the Greek Septuagint tradition. [1] According to the Bible, Amos was an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, [2] and was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II [2] (788–747 BC) of Samaria (Northern Israel), [3] while Uzziah was King of Judah.
In the Christian Old Testament, the collection appears as twelve individual books, one for each of the prophets: the Book of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Their order, and position in the Old Testament, varies slightly between the Protestant, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ...
There are 66 books in the King James Bible; 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.The Catholic Bible contains 73 books; the additional seven books are called the Apocrypha and are considered canonical by the Catholic Church, but not by other Christians.
Amos was born July 1, 1936, to Wallace and Ruby Amos. [1] He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old. [2] When his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School.
The prophetic books are a division of the Christian Bible, grouping 18 books (Catholic and Orthodox canon) or 17 books (Protestant canon, excluding Baruch) in the Old Testament. [1] In terms of the Tanakh , it includes the Latter Prophets from the Nevi'im , with the addition of Lamentations (which in the Tanakh is one of the Five Megillot ) and ...
Tuesday, December 19, 1995 — On a recent trip through his old homestead, Wally Amos took time to share a motivational message with students at Lincoln High School, Wesson Elementary School and ...
Amos opened his bakery in 1975 on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, selling bite-sized chocolate chip cookies that were a novelty for the time, according to the company’s site. The bakery, whose ...
Book of Tobit; Book of Judith; Additions to Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4–16:24) [1]; Book of Wisdom (also called the Wisdom of Solomon); Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus); Book of Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah (Additions to Jeremiah in the Septuagint) [2]