BIBFRAME Work

Title

Micah

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Maloney, Linda M. (translator)
• Robker, Jonathan Miles (editor )
• Zapff, Burkard M. (author )

Subject

Bible. Micah--Commentaries (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Commentaries (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

LCC: BS1615.53 .Z37 2022 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

Major parts of the book of Micah were probably composed in the context of a book containing a number of prophetic writings - even as many as twelve. They can therefore only be understood and interpreted adequately within that context. That process of interpretation sheds light on an essential segment of the history of Old Testament theology: it was not primarily a matter of the statements of lone individual prophetic figures but of a common testimony to YHWH's speaking and acting in the history of his people. Zapff shows this by reflecting diachronically on the results of his synchronic exegesis and so tracing the process by which the Micah document and its theological statement were formed. --Back cover.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the commentary -- Micah 1:1-7: YHWH comes for judgment -- Micah 1:8-9: The prophet's mourning -- Micah 1:10-16: Disaster for the cities of the hill country and call for lament -- Micah 2:1-5: Upper-class intrigues and their consequences -- Micah 2:6-11: Prophetic resistance to Micah -- Micah 2:12-13: Future salvation -- Micah 3:1-4: Like cannibals-- the machinations of the upper class -- Micah 3:5-8: The false prophets and the true prophet of YHWH -- Micah 3:9-12: Corruption in Zion and its consequences -- Micah 4:1-5: Zion's ultimate destiny -- Micah 4:6-8: The gathering of those scattered and the Kingdom of YHWH and Zion -- Micah 4:9-14: The troubles of the present and the future -- Micah 5:1-5: A future ruler in Israel -- Micah 5:6-8: The remnant of Jacob among the nations and the destruction of Israel's enemies -- Micah 5:9-13: The cleansing of Israel from everything hostile to YHWH -- Micah 5:14: YHWH's judgment on the disobedient nations -- Micah 6:1-8: YHWH's expectations of his people -- Micah 6:9-16: The actual behavior of Jerusalem and its inhabitants -- Micah 7:1-7: The prophet's lament and his confidence -- Micah 7:8-20: Zion's assurance and its renewal.

Authorized Access Point

Zapff, Burkard M. Micah

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