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Hello, I am attaching the reading book. Please read chapter 9 on Amos and then answer the questions that I am posting below. Please make sure they are not plagiarized.

Here are the questions :
1. Does Blenkisopp agree with the notion that primitive prophets engaged in paranormal psychic states compared to classical prophets who had authority based on the spoken word?

2. Why in the 8th century BCE did prophets increasingly address large numbers of people instead of individuals?

3. Why is Amos third in the Book of the 12?

4. What are the three sections of Amos?

5. What can we learn from the superscription of Amos?

6. Describe Amos' encounter with Amaziah, and why does Amos deny that he is/was a nabi?

7. Why did scribes record the prophecies of Amos?

8. Give some examples in which Amos reverses traditional symbols and images.

9. What does Blenkisopp mean when he writes "worship was (as it still is) a very powerful way of legitimating the current political and social status quo. Quite simply, Amos was not taken in by the religiosity of his contemporaries."

10. Read the final paragraph of this chapter very closely. Summarize the paragraph, and summarize how Amos' "career marks a major turning point in the religious history of Israel, indeed of the ancient world in general."

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