La terminología diplomática en los oráculos de Amós contra Tiro y Edom (Am 1,9-12)

• Autores: Juan Manuel Tebes
• Localización: Aula Orientalis: Revista de estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo, ISSN 0212-5730, Vol. 24, Nº. 2, 2006, págs. 243-253
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • Amos' oracles against Tyre and Edom (Amos 1,9-12) use terminology derived from the Near Eastern international treaties and diplomatic correspondence of the late second-first millennia BC. This paper studies the treaty and diplomatic terminology that appears in these oracles, and compares it with extra-biblical texts, particularly Hittite sources of the second millennium BC. Special focus is placed on the implicit references to the "brotherhood" (berît ' ajîm / 'ajîv) and "love" (rajamâv) between political partners, as well as the recognition (zakerû), violation (piscey) and reversal ('asibennû) of political alliances, and the ritual maledictions (vesillajtî 'es...ve'akelâ) in the treaties. It is argued that the presence of a treaty and diplomatic terminology in these oracles should be taken as references to the political relationships between Tyre/Edom and Israel/Judah, here arbitrated by Yahweh, the ultimate source of authority and power of the vassal states.