The Prophet Amos Speaks to America

The Prophet Amos Speaks to America
Author: Bruce G. Epperly
Publisher: Energion Publications
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2022-10-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163199848X

The prophet Amos is known for fiery messages directed at the elites of the northern kingdom of Israel in ancient times. Can this prophet also speak to us in America today? This book looks at the message that Amos proclaimed and applies it to parallel situations in modern America. Issues such as the worship of wealth (greed), privilege, and elites living off the labor of others are more similar in these two times and places than one might initially assume. How can we respond as people of faith to the evils of our own time? Are we responsible to notice and take action? Is taking such action part of our faith? If we listen to the prophet Amos, the answer is a resounding “yes.” God cares about the weak, the oppressed, and the downtrodden, and looks to those with the means to help implement change. We are truly asked to take responsibility for the well-being of our neighbor. Christians would be especially challenged by this book and the message of the prophet Amos, because so much of that message was also proclaimed by Jesus, who based judgment on how one treated the least, rather than those who are great. With study and thought questions with each chapter, and an abundance of suggestions for practical action, this book is a great tool to use in a church-wide study combined with a call to action.

The Book of Amos

The Book of Amos
Author: Jorg Jeremias
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664227296

In this volume, Jeremias suggests that the book of Amos was produced through various stages over time. While he does write from a critical perspective, his creativity offers a sensitivity to literary issues within the text that is often missing from critical work. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Amos--the Prophet and His Oracles

Amos--the Prophet and His Oracles
Author: M. Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664224554

The book of Amos holds a unique and central place among the canonical prophetic literature and presents a special array of issues for scholarly discussion. This book provides a thorough and balanced overview of the history of scholarship on the book of Amos, two essays that trace the history of scholarship and offer promising lines for further inquiry, a substantial anthology of readings of the multiple ways Amos has been analyzed and appropriated, an extensive and current bibliography, and notes on doctoral dissertations conducted in recent years. The result is a comprehensive compendium of resources for scholarly writing on the book of Amos.

God's Masterwork Study Series

God's Masterwork Study Series
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1997-02-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780849987380

A life-changing journey through all sixty-six books in the Bible. Each volume in these study guides combine the classic insights from Swindoll with the timeless truths from the Bible.

Amos

Amos
Author: Shalom M. Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Makes extensive use of ancient Near Eastern sources, and employs medieval Jewish exegesis along with modern Israeli biblical scholarship.

The Book of Amos

The Book of Amos
Author: M. Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467459402

In this commentary on the book of Amos, Daniel Carroll combines a detailed reading of the Hebrew text with attention to its historical background and current relevance. What makes this volume unique is its special attention to Amos’s literary features and what they reveal about the book’s theology and composition. Instead of reconstructing a hypothetical redactional history, this commentary offers a close reading of the canonical form against the backdrop of the eighth century BCE.

Missional Economics

Missional Economics
Author: Michael Barram
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2018-05-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467450405

American Christians today, says Michael Barram, have a signifi­cant blind spot when it comes to economic matters in the Bible. In this book Barram reads biblical texts related to matters of money, wealth, and poverty through a missional lens, showing how they function to transform our economic reasoning. Barram searches for insight into God’s purposes for economic justice by exploring what it might look like to think and act in life-giving ways in the face of contemporary economic orthodoxies. The Bible repeatedly tells us how to treat the poor and marginalized, Barram says, and faithful Christians cannot but reflect carefully and concretely on such concerns. Written in an accessible style, this biblically rooted study reflects years of research and teaching on social and economic justice in the Bible and will prove useful for lay readers, preachers, teachers, students, and scholars.

The Theology of the Book of Amos

The Theology of the Book of Amos
Author: John Barton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1107377153

In modern times Amos has come to be considered one of the most important prophets, mainly for his uncompromising message about social justice. This book provides a detailed exploration of this theme and other important elements of the theology underlying the book of Amos. It also includes chapters on the text itself, providing a critical assessment of how the book came to be, the original message of Amos and his circle, which parts of the book may have been added by later scribes, and the finished form of the book. The author also considers the book's reception in ancient and modern times by interpreters as varied as rabbis, the Church Fathers, the Reformers and liberation theologians. Throughout, the focus is on how to read the book of Amos holistically to understand the organic development of the prophet's message through the many stages of the book's development and interpretation.

The Prophet

The Prophet
Author: Francine Rivers
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0842382682

Behind the men who shaped history are the heroes who forever changed it. In The Prophet, the fourth book in the Sons of Encouragement series, beloved author Francine Rivers illuminates the life of Amos. Francine examines the life of Amos and his relationship to Israel during its prosperous years. Amos's message--and his relationship with God--made him unpopular. But his challenge to those who were enjoying the blessings of prosperity was crucial then and is strikingly timely today as well.