Genesis Rabbah 88 (56B): Who would expect God to raise up the fallen
tent of David; as it says, “In that day I will raise up the fallen tent of
David” (Amos 9:11)? Who would expect the whole world would be one covenant; as
it says, “For then I will change the lips of the nations, to purify them so
that they may all call upon the name of Yahweh and serve him in one accord”
(Zeph 3:9)? ‖ Midrash Psalm 76 § 3 (171B): When will God manifest himself in
Judah (cf. Ps 76:2)? If you will raise that tent which you said you would
raise: “On that day, I will raise the fallen tent of David” (Amos 9:11). ‖
Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 96B: Rab Nahman (b. Jacob [† 320]) said to R. Isaac
(ca. 300), “Have you perhaps heard when the bar-nafle
will come?” He answered him, “Who is the bar-nafle?”
He said, “The Messiah.” “You call the Messiah bar-nafle?” He answered, “Yes! For it says, ‘On that day I will
raise up the fallen tent of David’ (Amos 9:11).”—Bar-nafle is thus interpreted as “son or shoot of the fallen house
of David,” probably by analogy with Isa 11:1.—A different explanation, which
interprets bar-nafle as bar-nifli = υἱὸς νεφελῶν (son of the clouds), is said at § Matt
1:21 B, #2, n. o to have good
arguments in its favor. But this explanation could be seriously considered only
if bar-nifli could be found as a name
of the Messiah in other contexts and in places independent of this passage in
Amos; but this is not the case. (Hermann L. Strack and Paul
Billerbeck, A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash,
ed. Jacob N. Cerone, 4 vols. [trans. Andrew Bowden and Joseph Longarino;
Bellingham, Wash.: Lexham Press, 2022], 2:838-39)
