Book Written: Both Baker and HC say that Amos is the oldest of the books of the prophets though they give no exact dates. Baker adds that Amos is the first prophet to have a book named after him.
Time Period/Setting: The reign of Jeroboam II, 786 BC - 746 BC, the northern kingdom at Bethel. Amos and Hosea are contemporaries.
Author: Amos is a shepherd, not prophet by trade. He hails from the southern kingdom but prophesies in the northern. Along with Isaiah, Hosea and Micah, Amos is one of the four 8th century BC prophets.
Amos is the social justice prophet, speaking as much from his own experience as a laborer as opposed to any formal training in the matter of prophesy. Per Baker, Amos is the first to introduce the "day of the Lord" although the notion more the theme of Joel than Amos
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