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January 21, 2024 71 mins

Amos with Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R.

Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R. (Wheaton College) guides us through Amos. We discuss:

* God as the main theme of Amos

* The interplay of ethics, theology, and worship

* The meaning of one of the most well-known verses of Amos: “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everlasting stream” (5:24)

* The judgment of the nations in Amos 1–2 as a strategy of suspense rather than entrapment

* Whether or not Amos uses the notion of natural law to indict the nations

* God’s lament over his judgment, and the necessity of judgment for justice

* The meaning/translation of “the plumb line” as “tin” (Amos 7:7–8)

* How to understand Amos 7:12–15 and if Amos is a prophet

* Amos 9 gives hope to Israel by presenting a future in which the people rebuild their lives within the land

Works by Daniel Carroll

* "Twenty Years of Amos Research," Currents in Biblical Research 18.1, 2019

* Amos—The Prophet and His Oracles: Research on the Book of Amos. Westminster John Knox, 2022

* Amos. NICOT. Eerdmans, 2020

* The Lord Roars: Recovering the Prophetic Voice for Today. Baker Academic, 2022

Daniel Carroll Recommends

* David Nirenberg. Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition. Norton, 2013

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