Amos 5:6-15
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- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- VI.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- XII.13, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- An Address to Demetrianus -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Amos:
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "The seven stars - A constellation, whose rising about September was usually accompanied with sweet showers. Orion - Which arising about November brings usually cold, rains and frosts intermixt very seasonable for the earth. The shadow of the earth - The greatest adversity into as great prosperity."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood" is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and bitter qualities"
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Steed Davidson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "Integrating life and liturgy has been a practice for Christian churches."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, David G. Garber, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Might Christians demand to be seen as more than just a voting block that can be won over with simplistic talking points or the abuse of biblical rhetoric that elected officials use to pander to us?"
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Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Dennis Olson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Amos' words and warnings have continued to speak powerfully and truthfully across the centuries even, wherever the poor are trampled,t the distribution of wealth is out of whack, and justice is perverted."
- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Amos 5:6-15 in Tim Bulkeley's Postmodern Bible. Text (printed & spoken in English and Hebrew), detailed commentary and discussion.
- Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Steed Davidson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- du Preeze, J.,
"Social Justice: Motive for the Mission of the Church," Journal of
Theology for Southern Africa, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Repentance in
First-Person Plural," Journal for Preachers, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lessing, Reed, "Upsetting the Status
Quo: Preaching like Amos," Concordia Journal, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Premnath, D.N., "Amos and Hosea:
Sociohistorical Backgorund and Prophetic Critique," Word & World,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rector, Larry J., "Israel's Rejected Worship: An
Exegesis of Amos 5," Restoration Quarterly, 1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simundson, Daniel J., "Reading Amos: Is It an
Advantage to Be God's Special People?" Word & World, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smith, Gary V.,
"Amos 5:13: The Deadly Silence of the Prosperous," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses
and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient
Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wicke, Donald W.,
"Two Perspectives (Amos 5:1-17)," Currents in Theology and Mission,
1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- du Preeze, J.,
"Social Justice: Motive for the Mission of the Church," Journal of
Theology for Southern Africa, 1985.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Amos
