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KARL MÖLLER, A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos (JSOTSup 372; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003). Pp. xiv + 352. $130.
In this volume, Möller seeks "to demonstrate that the presentation of the debating prophet is the primary rhetorical means employed by the book's authors or final redactors in order to achieve their communicative aims" (p. 2). Toward this goal, M. divides his work into two sections.
The first, which contains an introduction and two chapters, begins with M.'s presentation of his reason for choosing to analyze the Book of Amos rhetorically. He undertakes the following steps in his analysis: (1) an identification of the rhetorical units in Amos; (2) a description of the rhetorical situations of these units; (3) an investigation of their rhetorical genre; (4) an analysis of their rhetorical strategy and style; and (5) an evaluation of their rhetorical effectiveness. In chap. 1, M. attempts to determine the structural markers that guide the...