Micah
By: Julia M. O'Brien ; Carol J. Dempsey, OP, volume editor ; Barbara E. Reid, OP, general editor
Series: Wisdom commentary -- Volume 37; Wisdom commentary -- v. 37.
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780814681619; 9780814681862
Subjects: Commentaries; Bible
Description: This volume brings gender studies to bear on Micah's powerful rhetoric, interpreting the book within its ancient and modern contexts. Julia M. O'Brien traces resonances of Micah's language within the Persian Period community in which the book was composed, evaluating recent study of the period and the dynamics of power reflected in ancient sources. Also sampling the books reception by diverse readers in various time periods, she considers the real-life implications of Micah's gender constructs. By bringing the ancient and modern contexts of Micah into view, the volume encourages readers to reflect on the significance of Micah's construction of the world. Micah's perspective on sin, salvation, the human condition, and the nature of YHWH affects the way people live -- in part by shaping their own thought and in part by shaping the power structures in which they live. O'Brien's engagement with Micah invites readers to discern in community their own hopes and dreams: What is justice? What should the future look like? What should we hope for?
Notes: "A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword:; title: "Tell it on the mountain"--or, "And you shall tell your daughter [as well]"  -- Athalya Brenner-Idan -- Editor's introduction to Wisdom commentary:; title: "She is a breath of the power of God" (Wis 7:25)  -- Barbara E. Reid -- Author's introduction:; title: Putting Micah in context.; title: Micah's date  -- Matthew Coomber; title: Micah 1-3: Judgments against female cities and male leaders.; title: Women and land seizure in Micah  -- Matthew Coomber; title: God, the "breaker" of injustice in Zimbabwe  -- Beauty Maenzanise; title: Micah's intertext: Nehemiah and power  -- Tracey Cox; title: Micah 4-5: Exaltation of daughter Jerusalem and her king.; title: The universality of Micah 4 and modern Jerusalem  -- Deborah Weissman; title: Daughter Zion the thresher  -- Jennifer J. Williams -- Excursus:; title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 --; title: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2122 -- -- Excursus:; title: Early Christian interpretation of Micah 4-5  -- Julia M. O'Brien; title: Reading Micah 5 in modern Bethlehem  -- Viola Raheb; title: Micah 6-7: YHWH's lawsuit and daughter Jerusalem's response. -- Excursus:; title: Miriam matters  -- Julia M. O'Brien; title: Miriam and women's leadership  -- Deborah Weissman; title: "Miriam the speechwriter  -- Janet Ruth Falon; title: "We all stood together"  -- Merle Feld; title: Justice and power  -- Matthew Coomber; title: Justice and structural change  -- Kharma Amos; title: Justice in biblical perspective  -- Karen Labacqz; title: Institute for Women's Policy Research fact sheet, April 2014 -- -- Exursus:; title: The irony of walls  -- Julia M. O'Brien -- Excursus:; title: Shepherd imagery in the Bible  -- Julia M. O'Brien -- Conclusion:; title: A feminist response to Micah's theology.