TY - BOOK AU - Steiner,Richard C. TI - Stockmen from Tekoa, sycomores from Sheba: a study of Amos' occupations SN - 0915170353 AV - BS580.A6 S64 2003 U1 - 224.8067 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic Biblical Association of America KW - Amós KW - Biblia KW - Amós 1: 1 KW - Crítica interpretación, etc KW - Amós 7: 14-15 KW - Crítica, interpretación, etc KW - Agricultura KW - Palestina KW - Pastoreo N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices; Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- בולס שקמים: History of Interpretation -- Ancient and Medieval Interpretations of בולס -- The Septuagint’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Horticulture -- The Septuagint’s Translation of שקמים: The Meaning and Etymology of συκάμινος -- Aquila’s Interpretation of בולס -- Rashi’s Interpretation of בולס and Sycomore Silviculture -- בולס: Etymology and Meaning -- Bochart’s Etymology of בולס -- Bochart’s Etymology and a Post-biblical Survival of בולס “Sycomore Fig” -- Bochart’s Etymology and the Meaning of בולס שקמים -- בולס and שקמה: Linguistic Evidence for the Origin of the Biblical Sycomore -- The Controversy Surrounding the Origin of the Biblical Sycomore -- The Distribution of Bls and Šqmt in the Semitic Languages -- בולס and שקמה: Lexical and Botanical Imports from South Arabia -- The Etymology of שקמה -- מאחרי הצאן, בוקר, בקרים -- The Meaning of בוקר -- The Meaning of בקרים -- The Syntax of דברי עמוס אשר היה בנקרים מתקוע -- The Meaning of ויקחני יה מאחרי הצאן -- Amos’ Occupations -- The Herdsmen from Tekoa -- The Location of Amos’ Sycomores -- Linking the Two Occupations -- Amos’ Occupations and His Prophecies; SEG42; SEG41; SEG40; SEG39; P94; P87; P86; P85; P77; P76; P35 ER -