Amos 5:6-15
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- Historical References, Commentary and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, 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, 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.
- "Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2006.
- Amos 5:6-15 in Tim Bulkeley's Postmodern Bible. Text (printed & spoken in English and Hebrew), detailed commentary and discussion.
- "Pentecost
21B - Exegetical Notes on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15," Douglas MacCallum
Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
- "To call the divine word mitzwah, then, is to summon its hearers and readers to faith in all its statements and life in accord with all its injunctions in force at any given time."
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Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Dennis Olson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- Articles & Background:
-
"We
Believe in Divine Judgment," Georgia Harkness, Chapter 10 in Beliefs
That Count, 1961. At Religion Online.
- "God is not only the Creator but he is also the Judge of all the earth. All men and nations stand before His judgment bar. The moral law and the Christian ethic judge both sinner and saint. Beyond all human laws, customs, and opinions there is one divine Law which remains absolute and unchanging. Men may break themselves and their civilizations upon that Law but the Law itself stands forever. The judgments of the Almighty are true and everlasting."
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"We
Believe in Divine Judgment," Georgia Harkness, Chapter 10 in Beliefs
That Count, 1961. At Religion Online.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- 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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