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Micah 5:1-5
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "The
Prophet and Reformer," Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit. |
| Chapter XXXIV,
The First Apology of Justin
Martyr. (c 150) |
| Chapter LXXVIII,
Dialogue With Trypho, Justin
Martyr. (c 160) |
| Chapter XIII,
Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c.
198) |
| I.LI, Against
Celsus, Origen.
(c.246) |
| Book
I, Chapter 8, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
| John Calvin's Commentary
on Micah. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Christ's kingdom will be
stable and everlasting, and his people, the Gentiles as well as the
Jews, will dwell in safety." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Christ will find instruments
to protect and deliver. Those that threaten ruin to the church of
God, soon bring ruin on themselves." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "Bethlehem of Judah was called
Ephratah, from the fruitfulness of the land where it stood: the word
whence it is derived importing fruitfulness." |
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| "The
Incarnation and Birth of Christ; Micah 5:2," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856. |
| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Messiah's generation as man coming forth unto
God to do His will on earth is from Beth-lehem; but as Son of
God, His goings forth are from everlasting. The promise of
the Redeemer at first was vaguely general (Ge 3:15). Then the
Shemitic division of mankind is declared as the quarter in which He
was to be looked for (Ge 9:26, 27); then it grows clearer, defining
the race and nation whence the Deliverer should come, namely, the
seed of Abraham, the Jews (Ge 12:3); then the particular tribe,
Judah (Ge 49:10); then the family, that of David (Ps 89:19, 20);
then the very town of His birth, here. And as His coming drew nigh,
the very parentage (Mt 1:1-17; Lu 1:26-35; 2:1-7); and then all the
scattered rays of prophecy concentrate in Jesus, as their focus (Heb
1:1, 2)." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Micah 5:2-5a, The Old Testament
Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace
Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological
Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia. |
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Micah 5:2-5, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia. |
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Expository Notes, Micah 5:2-5, Prof. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia
Theological Seminary. Click on links within this introduction. |
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Micah
5:2-5a, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Micah 5:2-5a. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
| "Without asking for it or even dreaming
about it, a currently insignificant spot is incorporated into an integral
part of a new story. A king's birthplace will become an anti-king's
birthplace." |
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"Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas Day
(Year C)," Paul R. Sponheim, Word & World, 1994. |
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"An Unexpected Source," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
| "Micah wrote the passages about
Bethlehem in the midst of foreign invasion." |
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| "Advent
C4 - Exegetical Notes on Micah 5:2-4," Douglas MacCallum
Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
| "The plural form, to be sure,
of motza'ah (with the masculine singular pronominal suffix
of the third person, motza'othayw) is a source of much
unnecessary mystification and speculation, but it is altogether
reasonable. For the eternal generation of God the Son is by no means
a discrete occurrence restricted to one point in time as was His
birth in Bethlehem. He is, quite to the contrary, always receiving
His being from God the Father from eternity to eternity." |
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| Articles & Background:
| D. Böhler, "Jesus
als Davidssohn bei Lukas und Micha," Biblica 79 (1998) 532-538. English
language Abstract.
| "This [German language]
article argues that Luke traces Jesus to David through Nathan
because Luke wanted to avoid relating Jesus to David through the
sinful line of Salomon. Nathan, related to a pre-Jerusalem period of
David offers Luke the chance to link Jesus to David through
Bethlehem, through Mic 5,1." |
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Begos, Kevin,
"O Jailed Town of Bethlehem: How Eerily We See Thee Lie,"
Christianity Today, 2004. |
| Golding, Thomas A.,
"The Imagery of Shepherding in the Bible, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2006.
Part 2. |
| Hug, James E., S.J.,
"Birthing the Peace of Justice," The Living Pulpit, 1997. |
| Pannell, Randall J.,
"The Politics of the Messiah: A New Reading of Micah 4:14-5:5,"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1988. |
| Siker, Judy Yates,
"Unless You Become Like Children..." The Living Pulpit, 2003. |
| Sponheim, Paul R.,
"Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas
(Year C)," Word & World, 1994. |
| Willis, John T.,
"Micah 4:14-5:5 - A Unit," Vetus Testamentum, 1968. |
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