Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah

Currents in Theology and Mission, June, 2005

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah. By Daniel J. Simundson (Abingdon, $32). S., emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, has written a highly competent and very accessible interpretation of the first six minor prophets. Based on the NRSV, the Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries avoid extensive philological comments, but S.

excels in presenting mainstream critical interpretation clearly, and his judicious remarks on the ethical and theological significance of these books are right on. Micah, for example, is exceedingly harsh in its judgments but ends with a description of a God who is forgiving, merciful, and faithful. S. urges that the whole book of Micah needs to read in the light of the way that it ends. RWK