Annotated Bibliography on Micah

Andersen, F. I., and D. N. Freedman. Micah. AB. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 2000. A solid and detailed discussion of Micah’s ministry and message.

Allen, L. C. The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976. A good discussion of each chapter of Micah with a detailed introduction to the book (especially on the structure of the message), which concludes that a few sections of the book were later additions.

Barker, K. L. “Micah.” In Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. NAC. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1998. A nice exposition of key interpretive issues.

Hillers, D. R. Micah. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. Hillers has extensive textual notations on variant readings with a short commentary that uses Hebrew.

Kaiser, W. Micah-Malachi. Mastering the Old Testament. Dallas: Word, 1992. A good, practical, conservative exposition of the meaning of the prophet’s message.

Limburg, J. Hosea-Micah. Interpretation. Atlanta: John Knox, 1988. A brief discussion of Micah’s messages with some preaching suggestions. Limburg believes later editors added passages to Micah’s message.

Mays, J. L. Micah: A Commentary. OTL. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976. An extensive discussion of the long process of composing these messages (and their later additions) with a critical exegetical discussion of the text.

McComisky, T. E. “Micah.” Pages 395–445 in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Ed. F. E. Gaebelein. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985. A good discussion of Micah’s message with some Hebrew notes added for each section.

Rudolph, W. Micha-Nahum-Habakuk-Zephanja. KAT. Gutersloh: Mohn, 1975. A detailed critical German exposition of Micah.

Shaw, C. S. The Speeches of Micah: A Rhetorical-Historical Analysis. Sheffield: JSOT, 1993. This work focuses on identifying rhetorical markers and the setting of each message in the book.

Simundson, D. J. “Micah.” In The New Interpreter’s Bible, vol. 7. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. A brief commentary with pastoral reflections on the text.

Smith, J. M. P. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1911. A detailed critical discussion of Micah that concludes that Micah did not write parts of the book.

Smith, R. L. Micah-Malachi. WBC. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1984. A somewhat brief study of this prophet with minimal exegetical comments.

Waltke, B. “Micah.” In Obadiah, Jonah, Micah. TOTC. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1988. A conservative treatment of the message of Micah.

______. “Micah.” Pages 591–764 in The Minor Prophets: Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum and Habakkuk. Ed. T. McComiskey. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993. A detailed study of Micah that makes excellent use of Hebrew syntax and semantics.

Wolff, H. W. Micah: A Commentary. CC. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1990. A form-critical and detailed analysis of Micah with many textual notes (using a lot of Hebrew) and a thorough bibliography of books and articles on Micah.

______. Micah the Prophet. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978. Discussion of Micah’s background as an elder in Judah, the main message of each section, and some sermons on several portions.