Stephen G. Dempster, professor of religious studies at Crandall University, is author of Micah: A Theological Commentary in the Two Horizons commentary series. The book is divided into an introduction, commentary, and concluding essays on the theology of Micah. The introduction orients the reader toward the commentary’s approach, a theological interpretation of Micah as Scripture. Dempster presents his study as a bridge between academy and church, exegesis and theology. While some attention is given to Micah’s social setting and historical background, the commentary focuses on a theology arising from a literary study, emphasizing a study of Micah’s poetics. At each stage, the book moves toward Micah’s enduring significance, with suggestions and examples for appropriating Mican theology.
Micah is examined synchronically as a cohesive unit within a wider canonical context. Dempster holds that Micah’s individual oracles originated in the eighth century and were then collected into a book during or soon...
