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Amos 5:6-15
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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VI.15,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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XII.13,
Commentary on the Gospel of
Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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An Address to Demetrianus --
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| John Calvin's Commentary on Amos:
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| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Instead of judgment and
fairness they execute cruelty and oppression." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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" |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Dennis Olson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
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"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." |
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Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph
W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"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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| Articles & Background:
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"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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| "The
Best for Our Family," by Desmond M. Tutu
at The Living Pulpit.
| "We are active participants
with God in the struggle for justice." |
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| du Preeze, J.,
"Social Justice: Motive for the Mission of the Church," Journal of
Theology for Southern Africa, 1985.
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| O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Repentance in
First-Person Plural," Journal for Preachers, 2008.
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| Premnath, D.N., "Amos and Hosea:
Sociohistorical Backgorund and Prophetic Critique," Word & World,
2008.
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| Simundson, Daniel J., "Reading Amos: Is It an
Advantage to Be God's Special People?" Word & World, 2008.
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| Smith, Gary V.,
"Amos 5:13: The Deadly Silence of the Prosperous," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1988.
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| Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses
and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient
Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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| Wicke, Donald W.,
"Two Perspectives (Amos 5:1-17)," Currents in Theology and Mission,
1986.
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