TY - BOOK AU - Paul,Shalom M AU - Cross,Frank Moore TI - Amos: a commentary on the book of Amos T2 - Hermeneia SN - 9780800660239 AV - BS1585 .A467 1991 PY - 1991/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - Amos KW - Commentaries KW - OldTestament Bible Study KW - OldTestament Commentaries KW - Amos Commentaries KW - Kommentar N1 - "The endpapers ... display fragments of a leather scroll of Amos (1:3-5) ..., dated ... 1st century C.E., from Qumran Cave 5 ..."--Editor's note; General introduction to the book of Amos --; Introductory material concerning the "oracles again the nations" --; 1:1-2 Superscription and motto --; 1:3--2:16 Oracles against the nations --; Introductory comments, 2:6-16 --; Introductory comments, 2:14-16 --; 3:1-2 Divine election and judgment --; 3:3-8 The irresistible sequence of cause and effect --; 3:9-12 Witnesses to Samaria's outrages and oppression --; 3:13-15 Judgment upon altars and ostentatious buildings --; 4:1-3 Condemnation and punishment of the uppity upper-class women --; 4:4-13 Castigating chastisement of the cult and futile punitive retribution --; Excursus: The doxologies in the book of Amos --; 5:1-17 Funerary dirge over the nation and a ray of hope --; Introductory comments to the literary unit, 5:1-17 --; 5:18-20 The "Day of the Lord" --; introductory comments to the "Day of the Lord --; 5:21-27 Ritual praxis without moral practice --; 6:1-7 Indictment of conspicuous consumption --; 6:8-11 Doom and destruction for the city and its inhabitants --; 6:12-14 Perversion of the moral order and "pride goes before ruin" --; Excursus: The visions in Amos --; 7:1-9 First three visions: prophetic intercession and the die is cast --; 7:10-17 Amaziah versus Amos --; 8:1-3 Fourth vision: doomsday and mass carnage --; 8:4-8 Unscrupulous traders in grain and human traffic --; 8:9-10 Solar eclipse and mourning rites --; 8:11-12 The inaccessibility of God --; 8:13-14 Condemnation of popular oath formulae --; 9:1-6 Fifth vision: inescapability from divine judgment --; 9:7-10 Destined for decimation --; 9:11-15 Future restoration and blessings of bounty and security --; Introductory comments to the epilogue; 2; 2; b ER -