The Book of Amos: general studies

I. General and introductory presentations

Auld, A. G., Amos (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1986).

Bonora, A., Amos: il profeta della giustizia (LoB – Leggere oggi la Bibbia, 1.24; Brescia: Queriniana, 1979).

Butticaz, S., "Amos", in T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Introduction à l'Ancien Testament. Seconde édition entièrement révisée et substantiellement augmentée (Le Monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2009) 486-496. For translations (Italian and Spanish) of the first French edition of 2004, and for the German translation of the second edition see here.

Carroll Rodas, M. D., "Amos", in M. D. Coogan (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) 1.26-34.

Couey, J. B., "Amos", in J. M. O'Brien (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) 425-436.

Doorly, W. J., Prophet of Justice: Understanding the Book of Amos (New York & Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1989).

Haran, M., "Amos", EncJud 2 (2007) 97-103.

Houston, W. J., Amos: Justice and Violence (Phoenix Guides to the Old Testament, 26; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015). Reissued by a new publisher: Amos: An Introduction and Study Guide. Justice and Violence (T&T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017).

Jeremias, J., "Amos / Amosbuch", RGG⁴ 1 (1998) 417-419. English version: "Amos / Book of Amos", RPP 1 (2007) 195-196.

Markert, L., "Amos / Amosbuch", TRE 2 (1978) 471-487.

Martin-Achard, R., Amos. L'homme, le message, l'influence (Publications de la Faculté de théologie de l'Université de Genève, 7; Genève: Labor et Fides, 1984).

Möller, K., "Amos, book of", in M. J. Boda – J. G. McConville (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012) 5-16.

Schmid, K., "Das Amosbuch", in J. C. Gertz – A. Berlejung – K. Schmid – M. Witte, Grundinformation Altes Testament. Eine Einführung in Literatur, Religion und Geschichte des Alten Testaments. 4., durchges. Auflage (UTB 2745 M; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010) 385-391; = "The Book of Amos", in J. C. Gertz – A. Berlejung – K. Schmid – M. Witte, T&T Clark Handbook of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Literature, Religion and History of the Old Testament (London: T & T Clark, 2012) 486-494.

Sweeney, M. A., et al., "Amos (Book and Person)", EBR 1 (2009) 1029-1044. Details: I. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (M. A. Sweeney) 1029-1035; II. Judaism (S. W. Crawford – S. Ratzabi) 1035-1038; III. New Testament (H.-J. Klauck) 1038-1040; IV. Christianity (D. J. Bingham – C. Graham) 1040-1042; V. Islam (D. Thomas) 1042; VI. Literature (B. Britt) 1042-1043; VII. Visual Arts (D. Apostolos-Cappadona) 1043-1044; VIII. Music (M. B. Edelman – N. H. Petersen) 1044.

Zenger, E., "Das Buch Amos", in E. Zenger – C. Frevel, et al., Einleitung in das Alte Testament. 9., aktualisierte Auflage, herausgegeben von Christian Frevel (Kohlhammer-Studienbücher Theologie, 1,1; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2016) 649-660. For the Italian translation (from the 8th German edition) see here.

II. History of interpretation, tendencies in current research, and bibliographies

Carroll Rodas, M. D., Amos – the Prophet and His Oracles: Research on the Book of Amos (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002).

Carroll R., M. D., "Twenty Years of Amos Research", CBR 18.1 (Oct. 2019) 32-58.

Clifford, H., "Amos in Wellhausen's Prolegomena", in A. C. Hagedorn – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011) 141-156.

Dassmann, E., "Amos", RAC Supplement 1 (2001) 333-350.

Eidevall, G., "Shifting Emphasis: Examples of Early and Modern Reception of the Book of Amos", in I. Kalimi (ed.), Bridging Between Sister Religions: Studies of Jewish and Christian Scriptures Offered in Honor of Prof. John T. Townsend (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 51; Leiden: Brill, 2016) 31-40.

Hasel, G. F., Understanding the Book of Amos. Basic Issues in Current Interpretations (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1991).

Mein, A., "The Radical Amos in Savonarola's Florence", in A. C. Hagedorn – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011) 117-140.

Melugin, R. F., "Amos in Recent Research", CRBS 6 (1998) 65-101.

Nadler-Akirav, M., "The Literary-Historical Approach of Yefet Ben ‘Eli the Karaite in his Commentary of the Book of Amos", EJJS 10 (2016) 171-200.

Ruiz González, G., Comentarios hebreos medievales al libro di Amós (Publicaciones de la Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Estudios 31; Madrid: UPCM, 1987).

Thompson, H. O., The Book of Amos: An Annotated Bibliography (ATLA Bibliography Series, 42; Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997).

Wal, A. van der, Amos. Een systematische literatuurlijst (Amsterdam: VU Boekhandel/Uitgeverij, 1981); revised and translated as Amos: A Classified Bibliography (Amsterdam: VU Boekhandel, 1983; 3rd revised edition 1986).

III. Text-critical and philological studies

Barthélemy, D., et al., Critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament, 3: Ézéchiel, Daniel et les 12 Prophètes (OBO 50/3; Fribourg, Suisse: Éditions Universitaires; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992).

Bons, E., "Hosea und Amos auf Griechisch: kulturelle Hintergründe und theologische Akzente in der Septuaginta", BK 68 (2013) 32-36.

Bons, E., "Amos", in S. Kreuzer (ed.), Einleitung in die Septuaginta (Handbuch zur Septuaginta – Handbook of the Septuagint [LXX.H], 1; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016) 481-489.

Bons, E., "La Septante du livre d'Amos. Traduction et interprétation", in H.-J. Fabry (ed.), The Books of the Twelve Prophets: Minor Prophets – Major Theologies (BETL 295; Leuven: Peeters, 2018) 231-242.

Carbone, S. P. – G. Rizzi, Il libro di Amos: lettura ebraica, greca e aramaica (La Parola e la sua Tradizione, 2; Bologna: Dehoniane, 1993).

Dafni, E. G. – A. Schart, "Amos", in M. Karrer – W. Kraus (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch. Erläuterungen und Kommentare. Band II: Psalmen bis Daniel (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2011) 2339-2361.

Dafni, E. G. – A. Schart, "Amos", in W. Kraus – M. Karrer (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch. Das griechische Alte Testament in deutscher Übersetzung (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2009) 1177-1184. [2., verb. Aufl. 2010].

Dines, J., "Design or Accident? Rhetorical Touches in the XII with Special Reference to the Book of Amos", in C. Dogniez – P. Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX. Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire (VTSup 180; Leiden: Brill, 2019) 29-42.

Garrett, D. A., Amos: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2008).

Glenny, W. E., Finding Meaning in the Text: Translation Technique and Theology in the Septuagint of Amos (VTSup 126; Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Glenny, W. E., Amos: A Commentary Based on Amos in Codex Vaticanus (Septuagint Commentary Series; Leiden: Brill, 2013).

Glenny, W. E., Amos: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2022).

Kratz, R. G., "Hosea und Amos in den Schriften vom Toten Meer", in R. G. Kratz, Prophetenstudien. Kleine Schriften II (FAT 74; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011) 359-379.

Lier, G. E. – A. F. Van Zyl, "The Concept of Memra in Targum Amos", JSem 29.2 (2020):10 pages. Online article here.

Milik, J. T., "Texts de la grotte 5Q, I: Textes bibliques, 4: Amos", in M. Baillet – J. T. Milik – R. de Vaux, Les 'Petites Grottes' de Qumrân: Textes (DJD 3; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962: repr. 2003) 173-174 with Plate XXXVI. [5Q4 / 5QAmos: fragments 1-7 contain Amos 1,2-5; fragments 8-14 are unidentified] [online images here]

Pazzini, M. – R. Pierri, "I libri di Amos e di Giona secondo la versione siriaca (Peshitto)", LASBF 53 (2003) 185-208.

Pierri, R., Parole del Profeta Amos: Il libro di Amos secondo i LXX (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. Analecta 59; Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 2002).

Richelle, M., "Ideological Biases in the Greek Minor Prophets: a Reassessment Based on the Books of Amos and Zechariah", in C. Dogniez – P. Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX. Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire (VTSup 180; Leiden: Brill, 2019) 188-208.

Salvesen, A., "Symmachus in Hosea and Amos", in C. Dogniez – P. Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX. Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire (VTSup 180; Leiden: Brill, 2019) 308-323.

Schenker, A., "Horizon judéen dans le texte massorétique, universel dans la Bible grecque ancienne: Amos 9,12 dans la Bible hébraïque et dans la Septante", in C. Dogniez – P. Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX. Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire (VTSup 180; Leiden: Brill, 2019) 119-128.

Tov, E., "New Fragments of Amos", DSD 21 (2014) 3-13.

Weissenberg, H. von, "The Twelve Minor Prophets at Qumran and the Canonical Process: Amos as a 'Case Study'", in N. Dávid – A. Lange – K. De Troyer – S. Tzoref (eds.), The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (FRLANT 239; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012) 357-375.

IV. Monographs and multi-author volumes on general topics [see also Prophetic social critique: Amos]

Barriocanal Gómez, J. L., La relectura de la tradición del Éxodo en el libros de Amós (Tesi Gregoriana. Serie Teologia, 58; Roma: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2000).

Barstad, H. M., The Religious Polemics of Amos. Studies in the Preaching of Am 2,7b-8; 4,1-13; 5,1-27; 6,4-7; 8,14 (VTSup 34; Leiden: Brill, 1984).

Barton, J., The Theology of the Book of Amos (Old Testament Theology; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Campos, M., Explanations for Exile in Amos (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 96; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2021).

Carroll Rodas, M. D., Contexts for Amos. Prophetic Poetics in Latin American Perspective (JSOTSup 132; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992).

Casagrande, A. G. K., Das Amosbuch als epische Erzählung im dramatischen Modus. Ein Beitrag zu den synchronen Lesarten der Prophetenbücher (FAT II/141; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023).

Coote, R. B., Amos Among the Prophets: Composition and Theology (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981).

Davis, A. R., The Book of Amos and Its Audiences: Prophecy, Poetry, and Rhetoric (SOTSMS; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Doan, W. – T. Giles, Prophets, Performance, and Power: Performance Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (London: T & T Clark International, 2005). [On Amos see chs 4–6]

Hadjiev, T. S., The Composition and Redaction of the Book of Amos (BZAW 393; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2009).

Hagedorn, A. C. – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011).

Jeremias, J., Hosea und Amos Studien zu den Anfängen des Dodekapropheton (FAT 13; Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1996).

King, A. M., Social Identity and the Book of Amos ( LHB/OTS 706; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021).

King, P. J., Amos, Hosea, Micah. An Archaeological Commentary (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1988).

Koch, K., und Mitarbeiter, Amos. Untersucht mit den Mitteln einer strukturalen Formgeschichte (AOAT 30/1-3; Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1976).

Kolani, N. B., Le livre d'Amos: La place et la fonction des éléments supposés tardifs (BZAW 510; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019).

Kreuch, J., Das Amos- und Jesajabuch: Eine exegetische Studie zur Neubestimmung ihres Verhältnisses (BThSt 149; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Theologie, 2014).

Lang, M., Gott und Gewalt in der Amosschrift (FB 102; Würzburg: Echter, 2004).

Linville, J. R., Amos and the Cosmic Imagination (SOTSMS; Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate, 2008).

Möller, K., A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos (JSOTSup 372; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003).

Park, Z., Das Gottesbild in den Büchern Hosea und Amos: ein struktureller Vergleich der Theologien zweier Prophetenbücher (Bibelstudien 32; Berlin: LIT, 2022).

Pfeifer, G., Die Theologie des Propheten Amos (Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1995).

Pschibille, J., Hat der Löwe erneut gebrüllt? Sprachliche, formale und inhaltliche Gemeinsamkeiten in der Verkündigung Jeremias und Amos (BThSt 41; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2001).

Radine, J., The Book of Amos in Emergent Judah (FAT II/45; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010).

Reimer, H., Richtet auf das Recht! Studien zur Botschaft des Amos (SBS 149; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1992).

Reventlow, H. Graf, Das Amt des Propheten bei Amos (FRLANT 80; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962).

Riede, P., "Durch unsere Stärke"!? (Amos 6,13): zur Militärkritik bei Amos (Kleine Arbeiten zum Alten und Neuen Testament, 15; Oer-Erkenschwick: Hartmut Spenner, 2022).

Rosenbaum, S. N., Amos of Israel: A New Interpretation (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1990).

Rottzoll, D. U., Studien zur Redaktion und Komposition des Amosbuchs (BZAW 243; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1996).

Scandroglio, M., Gioele e Amos in dialogo: inserzioni redazionali di collegamento e aperture interpretative (AnBib 193; Roma: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2011).

Schart, A., Die Entstehung des Zwölfprophetenbuchs: Neubearbeitungen von Amos im Rahmen schriftenübergreifender Redaktionsprozesse (BZAW 260; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1998).

Vuilleumier-Bessard, R., La tradition cultuelle d'Israël dans la prophétie d'Amos et d'Osée (Cahiers théologiques, 45; Neuchâtel: Delachaux & Niestlé, 1960).

Werse, N. R., Reconsidering the Book of the Four: The Shaping of Hosea, Amos, Micah, and Zephaniah as an Early Prophetic Collection (BZAW 517; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019).

Wolff, H. W., Amos' geistige Heimat (WMANT 18; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1964); = Amos the Prophet: The Man and His Background (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973).

V. Articles and chapters on general topics [see also Prophetic social critique: Amos]

Anthonioz, S., "The Lion, the Shepherd, and the Master of Animals: Metaphorical Interactions and Governance Representations in Mesopotamian and Levantine Sources", in M. Pallavidini – L. Portuese (eds.), Researching Metaphor in the Ancient Near East (Philippika, Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen – Contributions to the Study of Ancient World Cultures, 141; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2020) 15-28.

Barton, J., "The Theology of Amos", in J. Day (ed.), Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (LHB/OTS 531; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2010) 188-201.

Becker, U., "Historisch-kritisch oder kanonisch? Methodische Zugänge in der Prophetenauslegung am Beispiel des Amos-Buches", Theologie der Gegenwart 54 (2011) 206-220.

Beyerle, S., "Glimpses of Prayers and Poetics in the Book of Amos", in N. Calduch-Benages – M. W. Duggan – D. Marx (eds.), On Wings of Prayer: Sources of Jewish Worship. Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday (DCLS 44; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019) 3-20.

Bons, E., "Ein Ziegenhirt in der Politik? Die Metamorphose eines Propheten", Welt und Umwelt der Bibel 69 (2013/3) 46-49.

Boyd, S. L., "A Prophetic Judgement Without Reprieve: The Concepts of Remnant and Law in Amos 3:12", JAJ 11 (2020) 303-342.

Bulkeley, T., "L'auteur est mort, but Won't Lie Down: Inventing Authors while Reading Amos", Colloquium [Sydney] 43 (2011) 59-70.

Bulkeley, T., "The Book of Amos and the Day of YHWH", Colloquium 45 (2013) 154-169.

Bulkeley, T., "The Book of Amos as 'Prophetic Fiction': Describing the Genre of a Written Work that Reinvigorates Older Oral Speech Forms", in M. J. Boda – M. H. Floyd – C. M. Toffelmire (eds.), The Book of the Twelve and the New Form Criticism (ANEM 10; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2015) 205-219. The book can be freely downloaded here.

Carroll Rodas, M. D., "'I Will Send Fire': Reflections on the Violence of God in Amos", in M. D. Carroll Rodas – J. B. Wilgus (eds.), Wrestling with the Violence of God: Soundings in the Old Testament (BBRSup 10; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015) 113-132.

Clines, D. J. A., "Metacommentating Amos", in H. A. McKay (ed.), Of Prophets' Visions and the Wisdom of Sages. Essays in Honour of R. Norman Whybray on his Seventieth Birthday (JSOTSup 162; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993) 142-160; = [same title], in D. J. A. Clines, Interested Parties: The Ideology of Writers and Readers of the Hebrew Bible (JSOTSup 205 / Gender, Culture, Theory, 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 76-93.

Cogan, M., "Chronology: Hebrew Bible", ABD I (1992) 1002-1011.

Coulot, C., "Propositions sur une structuration du livre d'Amos au niveau rédactionnel", RevScRel 51 (1977) 169-186.

Davies, P. R., "Why Do We Know about Amos?" in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 55-72.

Dearman, J. A., "Some Observations on the Exodus and Wilderness Wandering Traditions in the Books of Amos and Micah", in J. K. Hoffmeier – A. R. Millard – G. A. Rendsburg (eds.), "Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?": Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives (BBRSup 13; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016) 255-267.

Dell, K. J., "Amos and the Earthquake: Judgement as Natural Disaster", in A. C. Hagedorn – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011) 1-14.

Dietrich, W., "JHWH, Israel und die Völker beim Propheten Amos", TZ 48 (1992) 315-328; = [same title] in W. Dietrich, Theopolitik. Studien zur Theologie und Ethik des Alten Testaments (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2002) 194-203.

Dijkstra, M., "The Ivory Beds and Houses of Samaria in Amos", in I. J. de Hulster – J. M. LeMon (eds.), Image, Text, Exegesis: Iconographic Interpretation and the Hebrew Bible (LHB/OTS 588; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014) 178-195.

Dorsey, D. A., "Literary Architecture and Aural Structuring Techniques in Amos", Bib 73 (1992) 305-330.

Dunne, J. A., "David's Tent as Temple in Amos 9:11-15: Understanding the Epilogue of Amos and Considering Implications for the Unity of the Book", WTJ 73 (2011) 363-374.

Eidevall, G., "A Farewell to the Anticultic Prophet: Attitudes Towards the Cult in the Book of Amos", in L.-S. Tiemeyer (ed.), Priests and Cults in the Book of the Twelve (ANEM 14; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2016) 99-114. The volume can be downloaded here.

Fritz, V., "Amosbuch, Amos-Schule und historischer Amos", in V. Fritz – K.-F. Pohlmann – H.-Chr. Schmitt (eds.), Prophet und Prophetenbuch. Festschrift für Otto Kaiser zum 65.Geburtstag (BZAW 185; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1989) 29-43.

Gertz, J. C., "Die unbedingte Gerichtsankündigung des Amos", in F. Sedlmeier (ed.), Gottes Wege suchend. Festschrift für Rudolf Mosis zum 70. Geburtstag. Beiträge zum Verständnis der Bibel und ihrer Botschaft (Würzburg: Echter, 2003) 153-170.

Gertz, J. C., "Military Threat and the Concept of Exile in the Book of Amos", in E. Ben Zvi – C. Levin (eds.), The Concept of Exile in Ancient Israel and Its Historical Contexts (BZAW 404; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010) 11-26.

Gese, H., "Komposition bei Amos", in J. A. Emerton (ed.), Congress Volume. Vienna 1980 (VTSup 32; Leiden: Brill, 1981) 74-95; = H. Gese, Alttestamentliche Studien (Tübingen: Mohr, 1991) 94-115.

Goswell, G., "David in the Prophecy of Amos", VT 61 (2011) 243-257.

Grund-Wittenberg, A., "The Future of the Past: Literarische Prophetien, Prophetenspruchsammlungen und die Anfänge der Schriftprophetie", VT 71 (2021) 365-396.

Hagedorn, A. C., "Edom in the Book of Amos and Beyond", in A. C. Hagedorn – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011) 41-57.

Hagelia, H., "Violence, Judgment and Ethics in the Book of Amos", in M. Zehnder – H. Hagelia (eds.), Encountering Violence in the Bible (Bible in the Modern World, 55; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013) 128-147.

Hamborg, G., "The Post-722 and Late Pre-exilic Compositions Underlying the Amos-Text", in R. P. Gordon – H. Barstad (eds.), "Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela": Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013) 143-159.

Haran, M., "The Historical Background of the Prophecies of Amos", in C. Cohen – V. A. Hurowitz – A. Hurvitz – Y. Muffs – B. J. Schwartz – J. Tigay (eds.), Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008) 251-259.

Irsigler, H., "Von der Unheilsbotschaft zur pastoralen Prophetie: Erwählungsglaube zwischen Widerspruch und Aktualisierung im Buch Amos", in P. Müller – H. Windisch (eds.), Seelsorge in der Kraft des Heiligen Geistes: Festschrift für Weihbischof Paul Wehrle (Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 2005) 79-108. Reprinted [same title] in H. Irsigler, "Denk an deinen Schöpfer": Studien zum Verständnis von Gott, Mensch und Volk im Alten Testament (SBAB 60; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2015) 79-103.

Jaruzelska, I., "Amos et Osée face aux rois d'Israël", in A. Lemaire (ed.), Prophètes et rois. Bible et Proche-Orient (Lectio divina, hors série; Paris: Cerf, 2001) 145-176.

Jeremias, J., "Völkersprüche und Visionsberichte im Amosbuch", in V. Fritz – K.-F. Pohlmann – H.-Chr. Schmitt (eds.), Prophet und Prophetenbuch. Festschrift für Otto Kaiser zum 65.Geburtstag (BZAW 185; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1989) 82-97.

Jeremias, J., "Die Anfänge des Dodekapropheton: Hosea und Amos", in J. A. Emerton (ed.), Congress Volume. Paris 1992 (VTSup 41; Leiden: Brill, 1995) 87-106. Reprinted [same title] in J. Jeremias, Hosea und Amos. Studien zu den Anfängen des Dodekapropheton (FAT 13; Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1996) 34-54.

Jeremias, J., "The Interrelationship between Amos and Hosea", in J. W. Watts – P. R. House (eds.), Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D. W. Watts (JSOTSup 235; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996) 171-186.

Jeremias, J., "Die Kritik an Samaria im Amos- und Hoseabuch und ihre Wirkungsgeschichte", in A. Schart – J. Krispenz (eds.), Die Stadt im Zwölfprophetenbuch (BZAW 428; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012) 271-286. Reprinted in J. Jeremias, Studien zum Dodekapropheton, II: Gesammelte Aufsätze zu Joel, Obadja, Jona, Micha und Nahum. Herausgegeben von J. Gärtner und F. Hartenstein (FAT 133; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019) 77-91.

Joyce, P. M., "Amos and Psychological Interpretation", in A. C. Hagedorn – A. Mein (eds.), Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHB/OTS 536; London: T & T Clark, 2011) 105-116.

Keel, O., "Rechttun oder Annahme des drohenden Gerichts (Erwägungen zu Amos, dem frühen Jesaja und Micha)", BZ N.F. 21 (1977) 200-218.

Kessler, R., "Amos und die Weisheit", in V. K. Nagy – L. S. Egeresi (eds.), Propheten der Epochen – Prophets during the Epochs: Festschrift für István Karasszon zum 60. Geburtstag – Studies in Honour of István Karasszon for his 60th Birthday (AOAT 426; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2015) 51-57.

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Kessler, R., "Amos and Wisdom", in J. Krispenz (ed.), Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 496; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021) 65-77. Reprinted in R. Kessler, Schauen – Künden – Schreiben: Studien zur Prophetie (SBAB 74 [AT]; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2022) 134-147.

Kratz, R. G., "Die Worte des Amos von Tekoa", in M. Köckert – M. Nissinen (eds.), Propheten in Mari, Assyrien und Israel (FRLANT 201; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003) 54-89. Reprinted in R. G. Kratz, Prophetenstudien. Kleine Schriften II (FAT 74; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011) 310-343.

Krause, J. J., "Amos und das Erdbeben: Das prophetische Wort bewährt sich in seiner Auslegung", in K. Schmid (ed.), Heilige Schriften in der Kritik: XVII. Europäischer Kongress für Theologie, 5-8 September 2021 in Zürich (Veröffentlichungen der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie, 68; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2022) 251-271.

Lessing, R. R., "Amos's Earthquake in the Book of the Twelve", Concordia Theological Quarterly 74 (2010) 243-259.

Lescow, T., "Das vorexilische Amosbuch Erwägungen zu seiner Redaktionsgeschichte", BN 93 (1998) 23-55.

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Levin, C., "Amos und Jerobeam I", VT 45 (1995) 307-317. Reprinted [same title] in C. Levin, Fortschreibungen. Gesammelte Studien zum Alten Testament (BZAW 316; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2003) 256-264.

Levin, C., "Das Amosbuch der Anawin", ZTK 94 (1997) 407-436. Reprinted [same title] in C. Levin, Fortschreibungen. Gesammelte Studien zum Alten Testament (BZAW 316; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2003) 265-290.

Loretz, O., "Die Entstehung des Amos-Buches im Licht der Prophetien aus Mari, Assur, Ishchali und der Ugarit-Texte. Paradigmenwechsel in der Prophetenbuchforschung", UF 24 (1992) 179-215.

Loretz, O., "Exodus, Dekalog und Ausschließlichkeit Jahwes im Amos- und Hosea-Buch in der Perspektive ugaritischer Poesie", UF 24 (1992) 217-248.

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McLaughlin, J. L., "Is Amos (Still) among the Wise?", JBL 133 (2014) 281-303.

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Möller, K., "Reconstructing and Interpreting Amos's Literary Prehistory: A Dialogue with Redaction Criticism", in C. G. Bartholomew – C. S. Evans – M. Healy – R. Murray (eds.), "Behind" the Text History and Biblical Interpretation (Scripture and Hermeneutics Series, 4; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan / Carlisle: Cumbria Paternoster Press, 2003) 397-441.

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Morgenstern, J., "Amos Studies, II: The Sin of Uzziah, the Festival of Jerobeam and the Date of Amos", HUCA 12-13 (1937-1938) 1-53.

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Radine, J., "Amos in the Book of the Twelve", in L.-S. Tiemeyer – J. Wöhrle (eds.), The Book of the Twelve: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (VTSup 184 / Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, 9; Leiden: Brill, 2020) 139-150.

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Scherer, A., "Vom Sinn prophetischer Gerichtsverkündigung bei Amos und Hosea", Bib 86 (2005) 1-19.

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Steins, G., "Amos 7-9 und die aktuelle Diskussion über die Gerichtsprophetie", in M. Geiger – R. Poser – C. Voß (eds.), Visionen im Dialog (SBS 236; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2016) 17-41.

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VI. Online resources

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