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Available
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Publication
Philadelphia : Westminster Press
ISBN
0664208177 / 9780664208172
Description
This much-needed commentary provides an authoritative guide to a better understanding of the often-neglected book of Micah. It gives insight into the individual sayings of Micah, to the way they were understood and used as they were gathered into the growing collection, and to their role in the final form of the document. "I am convinced," says Dr. Mays, that Micah "is not just a collection of prophetic sayings, but is the outcome of a history of prophetic proclamations and is itself, in its final form, prophecy." The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
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CONTENTS:
The title 1.1 -- Capital punishment for the capital cities: 1.2-16 -- Let the world hear the witness of the Lord: 1.2 -- The coming of the Lord: 1.3-5 -- The punishment of Samaria: 1.6f -- A wail over the wound of the Lord: 1.8-16 -- The plan of men and the plan of God: 2:1-5 -- Don't preach such things: 2.6-11 -- The Lord will lead the remnant away: 2.12f -- Cannibals in the court: 3.1-4 -- Those who sell the word shall lose it: 3.5-8 -- The terrible word: 3.9-12 -- 'A city set on a hill': 4.1-5 -- The crippled shall become strong: 4.6f -- Dominion shall be restored to Jerusalem: 4.8 -- The loss of the city is the way to redemption: 4.9f -- The threatened city will triumph: 4.11-13 -- The present and future kings: 5.1-4 (MT 4.14-5.3) -- Peace with Assyria: 5.5f (MT vv.4f) -- The remnant among the peoples: 5.7-9 (MT vv.6-8) -- The divine purge: 5.10-15 (MT vv,9-14) -- God's salvation is his justification: 6:1-5 -- It's you, not something, God wants: 6.6-8 -- Guilt and punishment under the covenant: 6.9-16 -- The loneliness of the faithful: 7.1-6 -- The literary analysis of 7.7-20 -- The decision to wait: 7.7 -- The exodus from darkness to light: 7.8-10 -- The day of restoration: 7.11-13 -- Let the history of salvation resume: 7.14-17 -- God's victory over sin: 7.18-20.
The title 1.1 -- Capital punishment for the capital cities: 1.2-16 -- Let the world hear the witness of the Lord: 1.2 -- The coming of the Lord: 1.3-5 -- The punishment of Samaria: 1.6f -- A wail over the wound of the Lord: 1.8-16 -- The plan of men and the plan of God: 2:1-5 -- Don't preach such things: 2.6-11 -- The Lord will lead the remnant away: 2.12f -- Cannibals in the court: 3.1-4 -- Those who sell the word shall lose it: 3.5-8 -- The terrible word: 3.9-12 -- 'A city set on a hill': 4.1-5 -- The crippled shall become strong: 4.6f -- Dominion shall be restored to Jerusalem: 4.8 -- The loss of the city is the way to redemption: 4.9f -- The threatened city will triumph: 4.11-13 -- The present and future kings: 5.1-4 (MT 4.14-5.3) -- Peace with Assyria: 5.5f (MT vv.4f) -- The remnant among the peoples: 5.7-9 (MT vv.6-8) -- The divine purge: 5.10-15 (MT vv,9-14) -- God's salvation is his justification: 6:1-5 -- It's you, not something, God wants: 6.6-8 -- Guilt and punishment under the covenant: 6.9-16 -- The loneliness of the faithful: 7.1-6 -- The literary analysis of 7.7-20 -- The decision to wait: 7.7 -- The exodus from darkness to light: 7.8-10 -- The day of restoration: 7.11-13 -- Let the history of salvation resume: 7.14-17 -- God's victory over sin: 7.18-20.