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The Art of Prophecy

by Breeden David Breeden

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Resource Publications
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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This book-length poem imagines the Hebrew prophet Amos writing his memoirs from beyond the grave. Born into poverty and obscurity, Amos the shepherd and sycamore pruner faced daunting challenges in his attempts to follow what he heard as God's charge to change the social structures of his time. He had his vocation and his art, but what chance did he have against entrenched political corruption and religious hypocrisy? As Amos examines his life, his art, his message, and his failure, he recognizes the impossibilities of the trackless path out of the desert that he walked in life, and he faces the awful truth that ""reality has authors."" The poor do not write that reality, and Amos takes both pride and umbrage that he is recorded forever in the biblical canon as a ""major minor prophet."" From the comfort of the afterlife, Amos explores life's deepest questions with such companions as Laozi, King David, William Shakespeare, and Michel Foucault. Amos learns that telling the truth isn't easy or perhaps possible, even from beyond the grave. Still, he cannot avoid considering human existence and asking: Is it necessary to speak truth to power when victory is impossible?
The Art of Prophecy and Reflections On The Psalms
Reflections On The PsalmsThe Art of Prophecy

  • Author

    Breeden David Breeden

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Resource Publications

  • Published

    June 2021

  • Weight

    346g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781666702019

  • ISBN-10

    1666702013

  • Eden Code

    5593685

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