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A 25 page exegetical research paper that addresses Amos 5:4-25. The writer discusses the time and setting of the passage; the passage in relation to the rest of the Book of Amos; the passage's structure and the history and manner of its composition and its meaning, with a particular focus on how the message of the text is applicable to modern day Canada. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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ancient world, the perspective was different as people believed the world to be run "under the rule of heaven."1 In making decisions, from the microcosmic perspective of how to produce
food and raise a family to macrocosmic decisions, such as whether or not a national should go to war, it was prudential and logical to discern, as far as was
possible, courses of human action over which divine power would express approval.2 The question was how to go about this. Throughout the Near East, there were various people to whom
people could turn for divine instruction, who were known under various names, such s "priests, clairvoyants, astrologers and so on," and they obtained their information through such means as "trances,
or observation of omens."3 When such personages delivered lengthy pronouncements, ancient literature begins to picture the "figure of a prophet."4 In the eighth century before Christ, the Bible records
the words attributed to the prophet Amos. Israel at that time was a severely stratified society. There was a small urban elite class enjoying an affluent lifestyle due to the
labors of the struggling agrarian majority. The Book of Amos condemns this power structure and warns the ruling class that Yahweh will punish them for their greed and selfishness by
bringing war. As laws of supply and demand illustrate, people, left to their own devices, will resort to actions that are almost entirely motivated by "self interest or partisan group
interests."5 However, Amos points out that this does not coincide with Gods dictums, which promote the concepts of righteousness and justice. The following examination of Amos 5:4-25 relates discusses and
analyzes this passage, offering exegesis, and finds meaning in the parallels between biblical times and the current dismal situation of the poor who are on the lower socioeconomic rungs of
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