Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237) and indexes
Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 'SURELY HER ILLNESSES ARE INCURABLE': MICAH 1.2-16; Chapter 2 'MY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME AN ENEMY': MICAH 2.1-13; Chapter 3 'IS IT NOT FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECISION?': MICAH 3.1-4.8; Chapter 4 'THERE WILL YOU BE DELIVERED?': MICAH 4.9-5.14; Chapter 5 'A ROD -- AND WHO HAS APPOINTED IT AGAIN?': MICAH 6.1-7.7; Chapter 6 'THAT DAY THE DECREE WILL BE RESCINDED!': MICAH 7.8-20; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors
In this important book, Shaw deploys a rigorous and systematic rhetorical analysis in the service of a reconstruction of the historical setting of each of the discourses in Micah. Unlike Muilenburg's 'rhetorical criticism', this approach focuses on the persuasiveness of the discourses, the means by which the author achieves his goal. Among Shaw's tools is the concept of the 'rhetorical situation'. It involves not only the question of the identity of the narratees, but also 'objective' factors like events, conditions and attitudes to which the discourse responds and 'subjective' factors like th