Kitabu cha Amosi

Kitabu cha Amosi ni kimojawapo kati ya vitabu vya Tanakh (yaani Biblia ya Kiebrania), na kwa hiyo pia ya Agano la Kale, sehemu ya kwanza ya Biblia ya Kikristo.

Kama vitabu vingine vyote vya Biblia, hiki pia kinatakiwa kisomwe katika mfululizo wa historia ya wokovu ili kukielewa kadiri ya maendeleo ya ufunuo wa Mungu kwa binadamu.

 Nabii mwenyewe 
Tofauti na manabii Eliya na Elisha waliomtangulia ambao hawakuacha maandishi, nabii  Amosi (786 - 746 hivi K.K.) ana kitabu chenye mafundisho yake aliyoyatoa katika ufalme wa Israeli (Kaskazini) ingawa alikuwa raia wa ufalme wa Yuda (Kusini).

Hakutarajia kutumwa na Mungu, ila ilimbidi akubali kutabiri kwa niaba yake (7:10-17), hasa kuwa Israeli itaangamizwa na kutekwa na Waashuru utumwani kwa makosa yake dhidi ya imani, haki na kwa kufuata anasa (5-6).

Waisraeli walikataa maneno yake hata wakatendwa kama alivyowatabiria kwa ukali wote (2Fal 17:5-23).

Marejeo
 Bulkeley, Tim Amos: Hypertext Bible Commentary. Auckland: Hypertext Bible, 2005. Amos: Hypertext Bible Commentary 
 R., M. Daniel Amos: The Prophet and His Oracles. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002)
 Coote, Robert B. Amos Among the Prophets: Composition and Theology. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981.
 Doorly, William J. Prophet of Justice: Understanding the Book of Amos. New York: Paulist Press 1989.
 Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
 Hasel, Gerhard F. Understanding the Book of Amos: Basic Issues in Current Interpretations. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1991.
 Haynes, John H. Amos the Eighth Century Prophet: His Times and His Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988.
 Keil, C.F. et al. Commentary on the Old Testament in Ten Volumes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1986.
 LaSor, William Sanford et al. Old Testament Survey: the Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1996.
 Metzger, Bruce M., et al. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
 Möller, Karl. A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003.

Viungo vya nje
 Nicholas Whyte on Amos
 New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, Amos 

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