Amos 5:18-24
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- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XXII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- V.4, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Amos:
- Part 11
- "Here is expressed more clearly what the Prophet had said before, - that hypocrites can have no hope, that the various changes, which may take place, will bring them any alleviation."
- Part 12
- "It was hence necessary that [sacrifices] should be accompanied with penitence and faith. But hypocrites thought, as we have seen, that they thereby discharged their whole duty: it was then a profanation of divine worship."
- Part 11
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Do your duty to God, and to your neighbour, and so you will plentifully feel his grace, if you show your abundant affections according to God's word."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "A pretence of piety is double iniquity."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Stream - Bearing down all that opposes it."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Without the desire to fulfil righteousness in the offerer, the sacrifice is hateful to God."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Amos 5:18-24, Margaret Odell, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- "Today’s readings revolve around the theme of the Lord’s coming."
- Commentary,
Amos 5:18-24, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "The objects of the prophetic indictments are not simply isolated individuals, but the religious communities and institutions of their day"
- Commentary,
Amos 5:18-24, Mark S. Gignilliat, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "It is a leitmotif within all the prophets: God resists religious expressions that separate orthodoxy (right beliefs) from orthopraxy (right actions)."
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Commentary,
Amos 5:18-24, Carolyn J. Sharp, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "A brilliant ironist, Amos reverses his audience's expectations at every turn in the book that bears his name."
- Amos 5:18-24, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Amos 5:18-24 in Tim Bulkeley's Postmodern Bible. Text (printed & spoken in English and Hebrew), detailed commentary and discussion.
-
Commentary, Amos 5:18-24, Herbert Marbury, The African American
Lectionary, 2008.
- "While oppressive forces and philosophies have attempted to restrict the waters that Amos saw, these waters continue to break loose."
-
"War in the Old Testament," John A. Wood,
"Peace and War," Christian Reflection, 2004.
- "How can God be both a God of peace and a God of war? The ancient Israelites reached no consensus about holy war, just war, and pacifism. Yet Scripture faithfully records their long and difficult debates, for the diversity of viewpoints arose out of a deep faith in God who had brought the people out of Egypt."
- Commentary,
Amos 5:18-24, Margaret Odell, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- 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).
- Ackerman, Susan,
"Between Text and Sermon: Amos 5:18-24," Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Birge, Robert B., "Let Justice Roll
Down Like Waters," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - du Preeze, Jannie,
"'Let Justice Roll on Like...': Some Explanatory Notes on Amos 5:24,"
Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 2001.
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.
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 - O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Repentance in
First-Person Plural," Journal for Preachers, 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 - Smelik, K.A.D.,
"The Meaning of Amos V 18-20," Vetus Testamentum, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Westermeyer, Paul, "A Church Musician's Journey with
Amos," Word & World, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Younger, Brett, "Calorie Counting Ministers in a Starving World," Review & Expositor, 2013.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Ackerman, Susan,
"Between Text and Sermon: Amos 5:18-24," Interpretation, 2003.
- Sermons:
- "That You May Live," the Rev. Dr. Kathlyn James, Day 1, 1997.
- "Yours Are the Hands," the Rev. Dr. James C. Howell, Day 1, 1996.
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- PowerPoint Slides for Amos 5:24, Will Humes, Word & Table.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- "Rivers," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Fine Arts Illustrations at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Amos
