2.+Authorship,+dates+and+origination

· Outline the details of authorship, date of writing and where the text originated from: The Book I have chosen to research is Amos. The author is this book is Amos, as well as some other unnamed Authors who may have edited the book. The book of Amos is in the Old Testament and Amos is one of the Prophets. The book of Amos was written during the period 786-746 BC. The Catholic Youth Bible states that Amos lived when there were two separate kingdoms of Israelites, one North Kingdom and one Southern Kingdom. Amos was born in the Southern Kingdom in a town called Tekoa, but was to become a preacher to the Northern Kingdom. The Essential Atlas of the Bible (1999) suggests that Amos was a shepherd from the Southern Kingdom of Judah and was told by God to go north to Israel and become a prophet of God’s word.