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Micah 5:1-5

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet"The Prophet and Reformer," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
bulletChapter XXXIV, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150)
bulletChapter LXXVIII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
bulletChapter XIII, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
bulletI.LI, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
bulletBook I, Chapter 8, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
bulletJohn Calvin's Commentary on Micah.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Christ's kingdom will be stable and everlasting, and his people, the Gentiles as well as the Jews, will dwell in safety."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Christ will find instruments to protect and deliver. Those that threaten ruin to the church of God, soon bring ruin on themselves."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"Bethlehem of Judah was called Ephratah, from the fruitfulness of the land where it stood: the word whence it is derived importing fruitfulness."
bullet"The Incarnation and Birth of Christ; Micah 5:2," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"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)."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet 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.
bullet Micah 5:2-5, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Expository Notes, Micah 5:2-5, Prof. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary. Click on links within this introduction.
bullet Micah 5:2-5a, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Micah 5:2-5a. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
bullet"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."
bullet "Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas Day (Year C)," Paul R. Sponheim, Word & World, 1994.
bullet "An Unexpected Source," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
bullet"Micah wrote the passages about Bethlehem in the midst of foreign invasion."
bullet"Advent C4 - Exegetical Notes on Micah 5:2-4," Douglas MacCallum Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
bullet"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."
bulletArticles & Background:
bulletD. Böhler, "Jesus als Davidssohn bei Lukas und Micha," Biblica 79 (1998) 532-538. English language Abstract.
bullet"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."
bullet Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBegos, Kevin, "O Jailed Town of Bethlehem: How Eerily We See Thee Lie," Christianity Today, 2004.
bulletGolding, Thomas A., "The Imagery of Shepherding in the Bible, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006. Part 2.
bulletHug, James E., S.J., "Birthing the Peace of Justice," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
bulletPannell, Randall J., "The Politics of the Messiah: A New Reading of Micah 4:14-5:5," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1988.
bulletSiker, Judy Yates, "Unless You Become Like Children..." The Living Pulpit, 2003.
bulletSponheim, Paul R., "Looking to the City: The Old Testament Lessons for Advent and Christmas (Year C)," Word & World, 1994.
bulletWillis, John T., "Micah 4:14-5:5 - A Unit," Vetus Testamentum, 1968.
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bulletWith Children:
bullet "Bethlehem Ephrathath, You Are One of the Smallest Towns in the Nation of Judah," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Micah 5:2, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Micah 5:2, 5. The Cyber Hymnal.
bullet Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
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bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Micah