Joel’s arresting imagery – blasting trumpet, darkened sun and marching hosts – has shaped the church’s eschatological vision of a day of wrath. Amos’s ringing indictments – callous oppression, heartless worship and self-seeking gain – have periodically awakened the conscience of God’s people. Two thousand five hundred years later, those prophetic words still speak powerfully. Tchavdar Hadjiev’s commentary on the books of Joel and Amos examines their literary features, historical context, theology and ethics.
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Lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew, Belfast Bible College, Honorary Lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast, and visiting Lecturer at the Continental Theological Seminary, Brussels, Belgium. Prior to joining BBC in 2011 he taught Old Testament at the Bulgarian Evangelical Theological Institute and served as the Academic Dean of the United Theological Faculty. Author of The Composition and Redaction of the Book of Amos (de Gruyter) and Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk and Zephaniah (T & T Clark Study Guide to the Old Testament).