To be honest, I'm not currently active as a scholar. Maybe I'll return down the road. I'm currently a coffee roaster, musician, and occasional writer of fiction for my own personal enjoyment, but I am leaving the door open to start writing theology again whenever it feels right. I am also not currently pursuing a doctorate. If anything I produced is of use to you, please take it up and do good things with it. Peace!
Micah 6:1-8: The Drama of Salvation within a Courtroom Love Song Perhaps like many other Christia... more Micah 6:1-8: The Drama of Salvation within a Courtroom Love Song Perhaps like many other Christian readers of the Old Testament, I initially approached this present study of Micah 6:1-8 through the lens of my memory of Micah 6:8, a verse justly thought of as one of the highest points in both the history of ethical thought and Judeo-Christian writings by modern scholars, 1 and as an apt microcosm of all 613 Torah commandments in the Talmud. 2 The consensus among scholars of this passage is that this verse is the concluding "sentence" of a divine court drama that was taking place between YHWH and Israel. However, opinions vary much on the date of Micah 6:1-8's composition, and this factors into the themes which certain scholars choose to emphasize in the text. One more recent trend in Micah scholarship, in response to the stalemate of dating and composition arguments within Micah studies, is to approach the book as a canonical unit, and look for elements of its integration. 3 In this paper, I hope to give an abbreviated survey of Micah scholarship before then unpacking the courtroom drama of Micah 6:1-8, examining the characters, genres, and biblical themes therein.
Micah 6:1-8: The Drama of Salvation within a Courtroom Love Song Perhaps like many other Christia... more Micah 6:1-8: The Drama of Salvation within a Courtroom Love Song Perhaps like many other Christian readers of the Old Testament, I initially approached this present study of Micah 6:1-8 through the lens of my memory of Micah 6:8, a verse justly thought of as one of the highest points in both the history of ethical thought and Judeo-Christian writings by modern scholars, 1 and as an apt microcosm of all 613 Torah commandments in the Talmud. 2 The consensus among scholars of this passage is that this verse is the concluding "sentence" of a divine court drama that was taking place between YHWH and Israel. However, opinions vary much on the date of Micah 6:1-8's composition, and this factors into the themes which certain scholars choose to emphasize in the text. One more recent trend in Micah scholarship, in response to the stalemate of dating and composition arguments within Micah studies, is to approach the book as a canonical unit, and look for elements of its integration. 3 In this paper, I hope to give an abbreviated survey of Micah scholarship before then unpacking the courtroom drama of Micah 6:1-8, examining the characters, genres, and biblical themes therein.
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