Amos; a commentary.

Amos; a commentary.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Mays, James Luther.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Philadelphia : Westminster Press, [1969]
Series:Old Testament library.
Subjects:
Bible. > Amos > Commentaries.
Bible. > Amos.
Commentaries.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • I.. Introduction
  • 1.. The time
  • 2.. The prophet
  • 3.. The sayings
  • 4.. The message
  • 5.. The book
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • II.. Commentary
  • 1.. The title: 1.1
  • 2.. The voice of Yahweh: 1.2
  • 3.. Oracles against the nations: 1.3-2.16
  • (a). Against Damascus: 1.3-5
  • (b). Against the Philistines: 1.6-8
  • (c). Against Tyre: 1.9-10
  • (d). Against Edom: 1.11-12
  • (e). Against Ammon: 1.13-15
  • (f). Against Moab: 2.1-3
  • (g). Against Judah: 2.4-5
  • (h). Against Israel: 2.6-16
  • 4.. Election to judgment: 3.1-2
  • 5.. The word is the work of Yahweh: 3.3-8
  • 6.. Oppression within brings plundering from without: 3.9-11
  • 7.. Your deliverance will prove the death of you: 3.12
  • 8.. The fall of the house of Jacob: 3.13-15
  • 9.. The ladies of Samaria: 4.1-3
  • 10.. Worship that is rebellion: 4.4-5
  • 11.. The broken quest: 4.6-13 Note: The hymnic sections in Amos
  • 12.. Funeral rites for the nation: 5.1-3
  • 13.. The Holy One, not the holy place: 5.4-6
  • 14.. Man's injustice brings God's justice: 5.7, 10-11
  • 15.. Lord of heaven and history: 5.8-9
  • 16.. Your future is a funeral: 5.12-13, 16-17
  • 17.. Not every one who says 'Lord, Lord': 5.14-15
  • 18.. The day of Yahweh: 5.18-20
  • 19.. The hated worship: 5.21-24
  • 20.. Sacrifice will not save you: 5.25-27
  • 21.. The affluent society: 6.1-7
  • 22.. The wrath of God: 6.8-11
  • 23.. The absurd happens in Israel: 6.12
  • 24.. They who live by the sword: 6.13-14
  • 25.. Vision and reality: 7.1-8.3
  • (a). The locust swarm: 7.1-3
  • (b). The divine fire: 7.4-6
  • (c). The plumb line: 7.7-9
  • (d). Prophet, priest and king: 7.10-17
  • (e). The basket of late fruit: 8.1-3
  • 26.. Never on Sunday: 8.4-8
  • 27.. Gloom and grief: 8.9-10
  • 28.. Not by bread alone: 8.11-14
  • 29.. No hiding place: 9.1-6
  • 30.. The freedom of Yahweh: 9.7-8
  • 31.. God's sieve is his sword: 9.9-10
  • 32.. The resurrection of the kingdom: 9.11-12
  • 33.. Prosperity and peace: 9.13-15

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