抄録
In what follows we will discuss the usage of hymnic fragments in three passages in the Book of Amos (iv 13; v 8; ix 5-6). What is common to all these three passages is that they presuppose the existence of some defective (ix 1) or indistinct (iv 4b. 5a; v 7.9) texts which most probably had been ascribed to the tradition of Amos. In Amos v 7-9 a hymn is inserted deftly between verses 7 and 9, thus making the thread consistent. In Amos ix 1-6 the redactional intervention is not limited to the interpolation of a hymnic fragment only (verse 6) but is extended, too, to the composition of verses (1.) 2-5. Most probably, this is also the case in iv 4-13: Amos' criticism of the cultic abuse (verses 4b. 5a) is recast into that of the existence of sanctuaries, and the true recognition of God thus recomposed is combined with the redactor's conception of Yahweh's discipline of Israel (verses 6-11) and His eventual decision of judgement against her (verse 13). There is no obstacle to seeing the same redactional hand in these three passages. If our observation on ix 2-6 have force, this redactional deposit strongly points to an affinity with a Jeremianic tradition, particularly in respect to resentment directed against those who escaped to Egypt (Jer xli 16-xliii 7).
