POPULAR_ V._ PROPHETIC RELIGION. The classical summary of prophetic
religion in Micah 6:8 is introduced by the figure frequently employed
(Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:2; Isaiah 3:13; Isaiah 43:26; Jeremiah 25:31) of
a legal controversy between Yahweh and His people. Possibly this
figure did not originally p... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This rather corrupt passage
is quite distinct from Micah 6:1. It may have been written by Micah,
and forms a parallel to his denunciation of agrarian dishonesty in
Micah 2:1 ff. But it might equally well belong, _e.g._ to the time of
Malachi 3:5 (c. 450) in... [ Continue Reading ]