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Ideas of Amos, by Text
[Israelite, fl. 740 BCE, Prophet in the reign of Jeroboam II.]
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Amos was the first prophet to emphasise justice and compassion
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Full Idea:
Amos was the first prophet to emphasise social justice and compassion.
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From:
report of Amos (30: Book of Amos [c.740 BCE]) by Karen Armstrong - A History of God
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A reaction:
It increasingly strikes me that early religious thinkers were actually working out the rules for good community living, but seeing them through the distorting spectacles of religion as a means to post-life salvation.
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