Special exegetical works on the book of Amos are the following, of which the most important are desig- nated by an asterisk [*] prefixed: Ephraem Syrus, Explanatio (in Opp. v, 255); *Kimchi, Commentaiius (in Hebr. ed. Minister, Basil, 1531, 8vo); Luther, En- arratio (in Opp. iii, 513) ; Brent, Commentarius (in Ojp. iv); (Ecolampadius, Adnotationes (Basil. 1535, fob); Quinquaboreus, Notce (Par. 1556, 4to) ; Mercer, Com- mentarius (Genev. 1574, fol. ; Giess. 1595, 4to) ; Daneau, Commentarius (Genev. 1578, 8vo) ; Lively, Adnotationes (Lond. 1587, 8vo ; also in the Critici Sacri, iii) ; Schade, Commentarius (Argent. 1588, 4to) ; Tarnovius, Commen- tarius (Lips. 1622, 4to) ; Benefield, Sermons (Lond. 1629, 3 vols. 4to); Hall, Exposition (Lond. 1661, 4to); Gerhard, Adnotationes (Jen. 16G3, 1676, 4to) ; *Van Toll, Vitlegginge (Ultraj. 1705, 4to) ; Michaelis, Exer- citatio (Hal. 1736, 4 to) ; Hase, Stilus Amosi (Hal. 1755, 4to) ; *Harenberg, Amos expositus (L. B. 1763, 4to); Uhland, Animadversiones (Tub. 1779, 1780, 4to) ; *Dahl, Amos iibers. u. erldut. (Cott. 1795, 8vo); *Horsley, Notes (in Bib. Crit. ii, 391); *Justi, Amos fibers, u. er- ldut. (Lpz. 1799, 8vo); Berg, Specimen (in Roscnmul- ler's Pepertor. ii, 1 sq.) ; Swanborg, Amos illustr. (Ups. 1808 sq. 4to) ; *Vater, Amos ubers. u. erldut. (Hal. 1810, 4to ; also with Latin title, ib. eod.) ; *Rosenmuller, Scholia (Lips. 1813, 8vo) ; Juynboll, De Amoso (L. B. 1828, 4to) ; Faber, Abweichungen d. Gr. Uebers. (in Eich- horn's Pcpertor. vi, 288 sq.) ; *Baur, Amos erkldrt (Lpz. 1847, 8vo); Kyan, Lectures (Lond. 1850, 12mo). See Prophets (Minor).
2. The ninth in the maternal line of ascent from Christ, being the son of Nahum (or Johanan), and the father of Mattathiah (Luke iii, 25), B.C. cir. 400. His name perhaps would be more properly Anglicized Amoz, and in that case it would have the same deri- vation as under that article.
Amour, Saint. See Saint Amour.
A'moz(Heb. Amots', VION, strong; Sept. Ajuwo), the father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings xix, 2, 20 ; xx, 1 ; 2 Chr. xxvi, 22 ; xxxii, 20, 32 ; Isa. i, 1 ; ii, 1 ; xiii, 1 ; xx, 2), B.C. ante 756. He is also tradition- all}- said to be the son of King Joash, and brother of Amaziah. The rabbins assort that the father of Isaiah was also a prophet, according to a rule among them, that when the father of a prophet is called in Scripture by his name it is an indication that he also had the ^rift of prophecy (Clem. Alex. Stromat. 1). Augustine conjectured {De Civit. Dei, xviii, 27) that the prophet Amos was the father of Isaiah ; but the names of these two persons are written differently. Besides, the fa- ther of Isaiah, as well as Isaiah himself, was of Jeru- salem. Some arc of opinion that this Amoz was the man of God who spoke to King Amaziah, and obliged him to send back the hundred thousand men of Israel,
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whom he had purchased to march against the Edom- ites (2 Chron. xxv, 7, 8) ; but this opinion is support- ed by no proofs.
Amphibalum (outer coat, from dp<pifidX\<i), to throw around), the outermost dress worn by the priest in the service of the altar ; not used in the Church of England, but retained in the Eornan and Greek churches. It resembled in form the pmnula, which took the place of the Eoman toga. The pamula form- ed a circle, with an aperture to admit the head, while it fell down so as to envelop the person of the wearer. The Romish Church has altered it by cutting it away laterally, so as to expose the arms, and leave only a Straight piece before and behind. The Greek Church retains it in its primitive shape. See Vestment.
Amphilochius, St., bishop of Iconium, was born in ( 'appadocia, and studied for the bar ; but, after dis- charging for some time the office of advocate and judge, he retired into a solitude, where he led a self- denying life. In 374 he was consecrated bishop of Iconium, the metropolitan see of Lycaonia. He at- tended the second oecumenical council in 381, and iu 383 held a synod at Side against the Messalians. The time of his death is unknown, but Jerome speaks of him as still living in 392. He opposed Arianism (Sozomen, Hist. Ec. vii, 6). Jerome also mentions a treatise concerning the Holy Spirit, written by Am- philochius, in which he proved the godhead of the Hoty Ghost. Theodoret, in his dialogues, cites some passages of certain homilies of Amphilochius on the words of our Saviour, " My Father is greater than I," and " The Son can do nothing of Himself," etc. All these fragments were collected and published by Combefis (fol. Paris, 1644). Among them are: 1. A Discourse on the Birth of Jesus Christ : — 2. A Discourse on the Circumcision: — 3. Another on the Meeting with the Lord: — 4. Three Homilies — on Lazarus, on the Woman that was a Sinner, and on Holy Saturday. The fourth, given by Combefis, on Penance, certainly is not his ; neither is the life of Basil, and some other pieces which that father has inserted in his collection as the works of Amphilochius. Both Greeks and Latins commemorate him as a saint on the 23d of No- vember.— Theodoret, Ch. Hist. lib. v, cap. 16 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. anno 370 ; Coteler. Mon. Eccl. Gr. ii.