{"id":61735,"date":"2025-12-01T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61735"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:30:10","slug":"best-commentaries-on-amos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-amos\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Amos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Aaron Chalmers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron Chalmers is the Head of the School of Ministry, Theology, and Culture at Tabor Adelaide in South Australia, and the author of Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel: Prophet, Priest, Sage and People and Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Allan Hubbard, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Joel and Amos (Leicester: IVP, 1989).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gary V. Smith, Hosea, Amos, Micah. NIVAC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Douglas Stuart, Hosea-Jonah. WBC (Waco: Word, 1987).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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