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Micah / Julia M. O'Brien ; Carol J. Dempsey, OP, volume editor ; Barbara E. Reid, OP, general editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wisdom commentary ; volume 37.Publisher: Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (lxii, 141 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814681862
  • 0814681867
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Micah.DDC classification:
  • 224/.93077 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1615.53 .O27 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword: "Tell it on the mountain" -- or, "And you shall tell your daughter [as well]" / Athalya Brenner-Idan -- Editor's introduction to Wisdom commentary: "She is a breath of the power of God" (Wis 7:25) / Barbara E. Reid -- Author's introduction: Putting Micah in context. Micah's date / Matthew Coomber -- Micah 1-3: Judgments against female cities and male leaders. Women and land seizure in Micah / Matthew Coomber. God, the "breaker" of injustice in Zimbabwe / Beauty Maenzanise. Micah's intertext: Nehemiah and power / Tracey Cox -- Micah 4-5: Exaltation of daughter Jerusalem and her king. The universality of Micah 4 and modern Jerusalem / Deborah Weissman. Daugter Zion the thresher / Jennifer J. Williams. Excursus: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820; United Nations Security Council Resolution 2122. Excursus: Early Christian interpretation of Micah 4-5 / Julia M. O'Brien. Reading Micah 5 in modern Bethlehem / Viola Raheb -- Micah 6-7: YHWH's lawsuit and daughter Jerusalem's response. Excursus: Miriam matters / Julia M. O'Brien. Miriam and women's leadership / Deborah Weissman. "Miriam the speechwriter / Janet Ruth Falon. "We all stood together" / Merle Feld. Justice and power / Matthew Coomber. Justice and structural change / Kharma Amos. Justice in biblical perspective / Karen Labacqz. Institute for Women's Policy Research fact sheet, April 2014. Exursus: The irony of walls / Julia M. O'Brien. Excursus: Shepherd imagery in the Bible / Julia M. O'Brien -- Conclusion: A feminist response to Micah's theology.
Summary: 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?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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?

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