Click here (VisualBibleAlive) to view some pics of Tekoa, where Amos got his start [this is also an excellent web site overall for pictures of the Holy Land]...
What are your observations/thoughts about the lay of the land?
This kinda has something to do with the prompt. During class I found myself wondering how long Prophets last. What happens when Prophets deliver a messege that the indended audience does not like? For example: Amos straight up told the rich and powerful that they were horrible, fat, and soon to be destroyed. He insulted the rich and powerful which is not something that a normal person would get away with. Im sure that other prophets also had to deliver unpopular messages to already unfriendly crowds. How did they get away with it? Did they get away with it?
I'm not going to lie, the landscape is astonishing. I read your biography for the class, Dr. Korchin, and I read that you have traveled to the Middle East for research and whatnot. I have to admit, I'm a bit jealous. I've always wanted to travel the world.
The Earth is a marvelous place, these pictures are no exception.
Excellent questions, Cameron, regarding a Prophet's potential 'shelf life'. As we discussed in class, scholars who study spiritual intermediation cross-culturally posit that the intermediary MUST have a support group in order to persist for any reasonable amount of time. Whether those supporters are part of society's central institutional structures, or like-minded individuals on society's fringe, a prophet will not subsist for long without SOMEBODY who finds his/her message compelling.
The land its self seems pretty promising for a herdsman. The land is flat and from the pictures it looks like it would be good for grazing. It looks like there would have to be a fortress built to withstand enemy attack, the land looks to bare and like it doesn't provide a lot of natural protection.
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This kinda has something to do with the prompt. During class I found myself wondering how long Prophets last. What happens when Prophets deliver a messege that the indended audience does not like?
For example: Amos straight up told the rich and powerful that they were horrible, fat, and soon to be destroyed. He insulted the rich and powerful which is not something that a normal person would get away with.
Im sure that other prophets also had to deliver unpopular messages to already unfriendly crowds. How did they get away with it? Did they get away with it?
I'm not going to lie, the landscape is astonishing. I read your biography for the class, Dr. Korchin, and I read that you have traveled to the Middle East for research and whatnot. I have to admit, I'm a bit jealous. I've always wanted to travel the world.
The Earth is a marvelous place, these pictures are no exception.
- Eric Dutton
Excellent questions, Cameron, regarding a Prophet's potential 'shelf life'. As we discussed in class, scholars who study spiritual intermediation cross-culturally posit that the intermediary MUST have a support group in order to persist for any reasonable amount of time. Whether those supporters are part of society's central institutional structures, or like-minded individuals on society's fringe, a prophet will not subsist for long without SOMEBODY who finds his/her message compelling.
pdk
The land its self seems pretty promising for a herdsman. The land is flat and from the pictures it looks like it would be good for grazing. It looks like there would have to be a fortress built to withstand enemy attack, the land looks to bare and like it doesn't provide a lot of natural protection.
-Taylor E.
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