The purpose of this thesis is to do an exegetical study of Micah 3:1-12 which is concentrated on the structural evil appeared in the book of Micah. This study tries to analyze the situation which Micah accused. In the 8th century BCE, the leaders of Judah did not fulfill their socio-political and re...
The purpose of this thesis is to do an exegetical study of Micah 3:1-12 which is concentrated on the structural evil appeared in the book of Micah. This study tries to analyze the situation which Micah accused. In the 8th century BCE, the leaders of Judah did not fulfill their socio-political and religious duties, and also misused their own power or authority as socio-political leaders. In other words, they distorted torah that God had given to His people. The distortion of torah resulted in the evil of the leaders. To explore the situation at that time, this thesis utilizes the rhetorical and social-scientific approaches
First, chapter Ⅰ states the purpose of this thesis by the above-mentioned methods. Then it shows history of research on Micah 3 which contributes to developing the necessity of socio-rhetorical perspective. It centers upon Willis, Mays, Wolff, Ben Zvi, and Hagstrom. The scholars present a variety of views about the book of Micah because they used different criticisms. Readers can understand their opinions of the book of Micah through this chapter.
In chapter Ⅱ, I personally translated the MT into Korean by comparing it with the LXX. This chapter deals with the reconstruction of the possible original text by means of personal translation and textual criticism. It is based mainly on Hebrew dictionaries and books of Hebrew grammar and syntax. This chapter also introduces the historical situation of Judah and Israel during the eighth century BCE depicted in the book of Micah.
Next, chapter Ⅲ shows the literary structures of the book of Micah. The general scheme about the book of Micah follows the structure of Willis which takes a schematic pattern of 'doom and hope'. According to the schematic pattern of Willis, Micah 3 belongs to doom. Micah 3 is divided into three paragraphs on the basis of the structural evil as follows: the evil of political aspects(vv. 1-4), the evil of religious aspects(vv. 5-8), and the evil of structural aspects of society(vv. 9-12).
Chapter Ⅳ is focused on the commentary of Micah 3, which is based on literary structures mentioned above. First paragraph reveals the evil of heads and rulers(vv. 1-4), like socio-political leaders. Second paragraph describes the evil of prophets(vv. 5-8), who is identified as religious leaders. Third paragraph displays the evil of leaders including priests(vv. 9-12) and the doom falling on them as its result.
Finally, chapter Ⅴ comes to the conclusion by stating the thesis as well as the theological message. To sum up, the book of Micah shows that the socio-political and religious leaders such as heads, rulers, prophets, and priests committed structural/systemic evil, distorted 'Yahweh's torah, and eventually made their doom quite necessary.
The purpose of this thesis is to do an exegetical study of Micah 3:1-12 which is concentrated on the structural evil appeared in the book of Micah. This study tries to analyze the situation which Micah accused. In the 8th century BCE, the leaders of Judah did not fulfill their socio-political and religious duties, and also misused their own power or authority as socio-political leaders. In other words, they distorted torah that God had given to His people. The distortion of torah resulted in the evil of the leaders. To explore the situation at that time, this thesis utilizes the rhetorical and social-scientific approaches
First, chapter Ⅰ states the purpose of this thesis by the above-mentioned methods. Then it shows history of research on Micah 3 which contributes to developing the necessity of socio-rhetorical perspective. It centers upon Willis, Mays, Wolff, Ben Zvi, and Hagstrom. The scholars present a variety of views about the book of Micah because they used different criticisms. Readers can understand their opinions of the book of Micah through this chapter.
In chapter Ⅱ, I personally translated the MT into Korean by comparing it with the LXX. This chapter deals with the reconstruction of the possible original text by means of personal translation and textual criticism. It is based mainly on Hebrew dictionaries and books of Hebrew grammar and syntax. This chapter also introduces the historical situation of Judah and Israel during the eighth century BCE depicted in the book of Micah.
Next, chapter Ⅲ shows the literary structures of the book of Micah. The general scheme about the book of Micah follows the structure of Willis which takes a schematic pattern of 'doom and hope'. According to the schematic pattern of Willis, Micah 3 belongs to doom. Micah 3 is divided into three paragraphs on the basis of the structural evil as follows: the evil of political aspects(vv. 1-4), the evil of religious aspects(vv. 5-8), and the evil of structural aspects of society(vv. 9-12).
Chapter Ⅳ is focused on the commentary of Micah 3, which is based on literary structures mentioned above. First paragraph reveals the evil of heads and rulers(vv. 1-4), like socio-political leaders. Second paragraph describes the evil of prophets(vv. 5-8), who is identified as religious leaders. Third paragraph displays the evil of leaders including priests(vv. 9-12) and the doom falling on them as its result.
Finally, chapter Ⅴ comes to the conclusion by stating the thesis as well as the theological message. To sum up, the book of Micah shows that the socio-political and religious leaders such as heads, rulers, prophets, and priests committed structural/systemic evil, distorted 'Yahweh's torah, and eventually made their doom quite necessary.
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