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	Book of Amos
		Amos, a book of the Old Testament, is the third book of the Minor Prophets.
		That Amos was from Judah is the simplest interpretation of vii.
		Amos is undoubtedly one of the grandest personalities among the Old Testament prophets; indeed, the most imposing of all, if the fact be considered that he is the first of the writing-prophets.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txs/amos.htm (0 words)

	Book of Amos - Definition, explanation
		Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash (Jeroboam II), ruler of Israel from 793 BCE to 753 BCE, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms (Israel in the North and Judah in the South) were peaking in prosperity.
		Amos, however, is the first prophet whose name also serves as the title of the corresponding biblical book in which his story is found.
		The Book of Amos is set in a time when the people of Israel have reached a low point in their devotion to Yahweh.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bo/book_of_amos.php (1297 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Amos
		Amos Meller is an Israeli composer and conductor.
		Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash (Jeroboam II), ruler of Israel from 793 BCE to 753 BCE, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms (Israel in the North and Judah in the South) were peaking...
		Amos Tversky (March 16, 1937 - June 2, 1996) was a pioneer of cognitive science, a longtime collaborator of Daniel Kahneman, and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amos (1075 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - AMOS. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original title of his book was merely "The Words of Amos of Tekoa"; the rest, "who was among the herdsmen," is a later addition emphasizing the fact gleaned from vii.
		That Amos was from Judah is the simplest interpretation of vii.
		Amos is undoubtedly one of the grandest personalities among the Old Testament prophets; indeed, the most imposing of all, if the fact be considered that he is the first of the writing-prophets.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1423&letter=A&search=Amos (2699 words)

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		The Book of Amos is one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Old Testament.
		Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash (Jeroboam II), ruler of Israel from 793 BCE to 753 BCE, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms (Israel in the North and Judah in the South) were peaking in prosperity.
		Amos, however, is the first prophet whose name also serves as the title of the corresponding biblical book in which his story is found.
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	Book of Amos
		Amos, a book of the Old Testament, is the third book of the Minor Prophets.
		Amos: borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets.
		The Book of Amos consists of three parts: (1.) The nations around are summoned to judgment because of their sins (1:1-2:3).
	www.mb-soft.com /believe/txs/amos.htm (1000 words)

	Amos Bronson Alcott: Biography
		Amos Bronson Alcott was born on November 29, 1799, in Wolcott, Connecticut, and died on March 4, 1888.
		He was an author, teacher, conversationalist, philosopher, and outspoken advocate of educational and social reform.
		Not that Bronson Alcott didn't work hard: he chopped wood, he built his friend Emerson a summer house, he shared his intellect with his friends and through the books and articles he wrote, he grew an apple orchard, and throughout his life he ventured near and far delivering his Conversations to anyone who would listen.
	www.alcott.net /alcott/home/biography.html (0 words)

	Society of Biblical Literature
		Amos says that the Philistines, for perverting the created order and turning human life into a commodity, will face the destruction of their own created order through the agent of fire.
		Amos' fourth oracle concerns Edom, and while it is one of the shorter oracles, it is also one of the more debated.
		In the fifth oracle, Amos focuses on the Ammonites, whom he condemns because "they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory." There are numerous references to this heinous practice in ancient war.
	www.sbl-site.org /Article.aspx?ArticleId=478 (3257 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Amos
		Amos was a herdsman of Thecua, a village in the Southern Kingdom, twelve miles south of Jerusalem.
		Amos was sent to deliver a stern rebuke for all their misdeeds, and to announce in God's name their forthcoming ruin and captivity (vii, 17).
		Amos argues in a concrete manner with his contemporaries, and that consequently he does not formulate abstract principles.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01435a.htm (2098 words)

	New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		These were made the basis of the complaint against Amos of Amaziah, high priest at Beth-el, to the king Jeroboam II., and hence resulted his banishment (vii.
		The 158 notion that Amos borrows his similes chiefly from his early mode of life, and thus betrays his extraction, is generally accepted; but it is hardly well founded when the variety of them is observed (cf.
		The modern school of Biblical scholars regard the Book of Amos as the oldest written testimony to that activity of the prophets of the eighth century B.C. whereby the religion of Israel was given a more ethical and spiritual character.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc01.html?term=Amos (688 words)

	A. Amos
		If they are an editor's words, shaping the book from a Judean and Davidic slant, then perhaps no. The one other passage in the book of Amos that reflects a strong Davidic bias is the last paragraph, 9:11-15.
		Amos is especially to be appreciated for his sensitivity to matters of social welfare in Israel.
		Amaziah was provoked by the preaching of Amos.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/CH13/CH13_1A.HTM (2310 words)

	USCCB - NAB - Amos - Introduction
		The poetry of Amos, who denounces the hollow prosperity of the northern kingdom, is filled with imagery and language taken from his own pastoral background.
		The book is an anthology of his oracles and was compiled either by the prophet or by some of his disciples.
		Amos is a prophet of divine judgment, and the sovereignty of Yahweh in nature and history dominates his thought.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible/amos/intro.htm (382 words)

	Tori Amos: Piece by Piece by Tori Amos & Ann Powers \| PopMatters Book Review
		The discussion of Amos' struggles with miscarriage and the subsequent birth of her daughter Natashya is easily one of the most affecting parts of the book.
		Amos shares raw the emotions of her loss, and Powers deftly and sensitively recounts the facts of these devastating events in Amos' and her loved ones lives.
		Amos and Powers represent two very different styles of writing, and this fact is further highlighted by the layout of the book.
	www.popmatters.com /books/reviews/t/tori-amos-piece-by-piece.shtml (1089 words)

	Amos - Biblical people
		Amos was a herdsman who lived in the village of Tekoa, before becoming a prophet during the reign of King Uzziah.
		Amos was not the first Bible prophet, but he was the first prophet to have his prophecies recorded in a separate book of the Bible, that being the book of Amos.
		Amos predicted the overthrow of Israel by the Assyrians.
	www.aboutbibleprophecy.com /p5.htm (186 words)

	Amos: Christian Resource Centre (Bermuda)!
		The book of Amos is a record of that message and of his experience in delivering it.
		Prior to his call to the prophetic office Amos was a shepherd who devoted a part of his time to tending sycamore trees and gathering their fruit, which resembles figs (ch 7:14).
		Although from one of the humbler walks of life, Amos was a man of natural intelligence, of a deeply religious bent, and with shrewd powers of observance.
	www.nisbett.com /people/bp-amos.htm (216 words)

	Book of Amos . Hosea . Bethel . Damascus . Samaria . David . Judaism
		Some scholars believe that Amos prophet Amos message was recorded after he delivered it to the Northern Kingdom, upon returning to his southern homeland of Tekoa, a town eight kilometres south of Bethlehem.
		The Book of Amos is set in a time when the people of Israel have reached a low point in their devotion to Yahweh.
		Through Amos, Yahweh tells the people that he is going to judge Israel for its sins, and it will be a foreign nation that will enact his judgement.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Book_of_Amos (520 words)

	NKJV \| Amos 1:1 - 9:15
		Amos warned them that if they did not heed his call, their injustice against the poor and the weak would destroy the nation.
		Amos was from Tekoa, a town at the edge of the Judean wilderness, about five miles southeast of Bethlehem.
		Amos prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
	www.newkingjamesversion.com /books/amos.html (807 words)

	Amos
		Amos-The Prophet and His Oracles: Research on the Book of Amos by M. Daniel R.
		Ultimately, all of the insights gained are designed to help draw Amos and the Hebrew Bible into a closer dialogue with the realities of the modern world, especially Latin America.
		The third essay of this initial part is not a sustained historical overview, but rather a presentation of what many would label "readings from the margins"‑that is, interpretations of the book since 1990 by minority groups within the West and from the perspective of the Two‑Thirds World.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/bible/amosbibleR.htm (370 words)

	Book of Amos - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Book of Amos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the prophets, Amos was a shepherd who foretold the destruction of Israel because of the people's abandonment of their faith.
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	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Book+of+Amos (163 words)

	Introduction to Amos
		Amos denied having received preparation as a professional prophet, admitted he was a shepherd and one who harvested wild figs, the fruits which the poorest of the people ate.
		Amos doesn't come to mention the Spirit in his work, but those things that other prophets attribute to the activity of the Spirit are present in Amos.
		The prophecy of Amos falls, like that of Jonah and Hosea, in the reign of Jeroboam II; 760 B.C. was perhaps the approximate date of the messages that are included in his book.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/we_dig_montana/Amos.html (2326 words)

	Books : Amos: A Commentary on the Book of Amos (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible)
		Books : Amos: A Commentary on the Book of Amos (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible)
		Amos: A Commentary on the Book of Amos (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible)
		Amos was the first of the Hebrew prophets to put his message into writing (as far as we know).
	www.myczechrepublic.com /cgi-bin/books-movies/shop.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=0800660234 (293 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for amos
		The following problem of probability judgement, introduced in a book chapter in 1977 by the Israeli psychologists Amos Tversky (1937–96) and Daniel Kahneman (born 1934) to demonstrate the base-rate fallacy.
		Amos 5.0 enables researchers to leverage structural equation modeling -SEM- to explore and confirm complex relationships.
		The regional distribution of bank closings in the United States: an extension of the Amos analysis.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=amos&StartAt=21 (700 words)

	The Grace Institute: The Prophets: Amos
		The prophecies of Amos are a warning to the people of Israel that their corrupt religion and disregard for the poor would result in the destruction of the nation.
		When Amos completes this set with the condemnation of Israel, his listeners would be forced to make the same conclusion: they had sinned in their treatment of people and that punishment would be inevitable and irrevocable.
		Amos then gives a serious of illustrations of things which do not happen in isolation: lions do not roar without having prey, birds do not get caught without a trap, a trumpet results in fear.
	www.gcfweb.org /institute/prophet/amos.html (1886 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - Amos Oz
		Amos Oz continues to devote his time to writing, teaching (he is a full Professor and holds the Agnon Chair of Hebrew Literature at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer-Sheva), and actively campaigning for the Israeli Peace movement.
		After a storm of protest and admiration, the essays were published together in book form in May 1983 to be followed by a whirlwind of rights sales around the world.
		Amos Oz was a visiting writer at the New York State Writers Institute on October 28, 1997.
	www.albany.edu /writers.inst/oz.html (2022 words)

	Amos
		Philip J. King writes: "The writings of Amos imply a period of prosperity and strong national consciousness, which, coupled with the information contained in the superscription, leads us to assume that Amos' prophetic activity took place shortly after the victory of Jeroboam II over the Arameans of Damascus, late in his reign, probably before 750.
		Roy F. Melugin writes: "The book of Amos consists of three major sections: an introductory superscription (1:1) and 'motto' (1:2); the main body of the book (1:3-9:6); and a concluding postscript (9:7-15).
		At the end of the book, the concern for the 'falling booth of David' (9:11) centers upon the Jerusalemite royal dynasty; the reestablishment of the Jerusalemite political authority is the center of attention." (Harper's Bible Commentary, p.
	www.earlyjewishwritings.com /amos.html (851 words)

	Amos
		Amos, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
		The Book of Amos, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
		Bramer, Stephen J., "The Literary Genre of the Book of Amos," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1999.
	www.textweek.com /prophets/amos.htm (511 words)

	DNK Amazon Store :: The Adventures of Amos and Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
		This book answers that question by putting "Amos 'n' Andy" into perspective, through the evolution of the program, its roots in the minstrel shows, and its context within its own time.
		This book shows how the core characters were portrayed in their own circle, the mythical Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge, and how they were portrayed beyond that inner circle, as the characters would intermingle with other fls, and also whites.
		It is written at 2nd to 3rd year undergraduate level, ie the book is not unlike a history text book, and all that that implies.
	www.entertainmentcareers.net /book/ProductDetails.aspx?asin=0813920922 (733 words)

	NOTES ON The Book of AMOS
		Amos was cotemporary with Hosea, Joel and Isaiah, and prophesied a little sooner than Isaiah.
		And this was the delight and wealth of these men; alluding to which Amos expresses the wealth and delight of the kingdom of Israel.
		Amos justifies himself and denounces the judgment of God against Amaziah, ver.
	wesley.nnu.edu /john_wesley/notes/amos.htm (4688 words)

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