Amos in der bildenden Kunst: Hirte, Gelehrter, Sozialkritiker, Unheilsbote, Heilsbote, Christusbote ... (Teil 2)
This article presents an overview of depictions of Amos in visual art. In line with Amos 7.14 the prophet is depicted as shepherd, sometimes in ways that remind us of depictions of Jesus as good shepherd. Other images show him with a scroll or books, suggestive of his role as author, teacher or wise...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
[2021]
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Die Bibel in der Kunst
Year: 2021, Volume: 5, Pages: 1-27 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shepherd (Motif)
/ Scholar (Motif)
/ Social anthropology
/ Messenger
/ Trouble
/ Salvation
/ Jesus Christus
/ Amos
/ Bible. Amos 7,14
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| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | This article presents an overview of depictions of Amos in visual art. In line with Amos 7.14 the prophet is depicted as shepherd, sometimes in ways that remind us of depictions of Jesus as good shepherd. Other images show him with a scroll or books, suggestive of his role as author, teacher or wise man. However, there is no definitive way to depict him in a manner that distin-guisheshimfromotherprophets.Consequently,itis onlypossible to recognize him from his con-text, from the phylacteries that give his name, a verse of his book or a summary of his message. In the Middle Ages the Old Testament was interpreted typologically as referring to Christ. Im-ages of Amos depict him as a prophet who predicts the birth of Jesus (9.13; 4.13?), the clean-sing of the temple (5.10; 6.12), elements of the passion narratives (5.7; 8.3–4; 8.9) and – very often – the Ascension (9.6), the Last Judgement and Pentecost. In the sixteenth-century Reformation, when the Bible was interpreted more literally, Amos’s message of doom came to the fore and, in visual art, is frequently represented in popular wood-carvings which were printed in the Lutheran Bible and the Zürcher Bible. His accusatory mes-sagedominatedthereceptionhistory of Amos until more recent times. However, in light of 9.11ff.hismessage hasalsobeen consistently regarded as a message of salvation. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Bibel in der Kunst
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