Word: micah
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prophet Micah in the Old Testament called Bethlehem small compared with other towns; but it had a notable history, even before his prophecy that from it would come 'The Shepherd of Israel' . . . The wise men of Matthew's account may have been reluctant to leave the capital city, Jerusalem, at the direction of the scribes, and journey eight miles further to this modest village. But though they left Herod and his palace behind them, they went on and found indeed the genuine Prince of the House of David...
...Dead Live. Like many another writer, Conan Doyle was convinced that his most popular pieces (the Holmes stories) were mere potboilers. Full of love of the vanished days of chivalry and armored knights, he poured his heart into what he considered his "serious" fiction: The White Company, Sir Nigel, Micah Clarke. But soon he realized that that man Holmes was stalking him as remorselessly as if he were a criminal. He tried to shake Holmes off by demanding "impossible" prices for Holmes stories-only to find that the publisher gladly paid up. Doyle became rich on Holmes-and sick...
...That the Bible teaches "a single, clear, ethical code, applicable to everyday living . . . although they had read how Noah pleased God with the odor of a sweet-smelling sacrifice and how Micah cried out against [burnt offerings]. ... It was as though Jesus had never said: 'Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time . . . but I say unto...
...hopeless cause of world peace found no sympathizers, however, with one ancient biblic title page addressed to "three great war lords." The appeal, sandwiched between the prophecy of Micah IV:3 and beginning "they shall beat their swords into plowshares" was not addressed to Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and Clement Attlee, but "Your Majesties George William, and Nicholas" in the year...
...Confucianist fable With Deer's Milk He Supplied His Parents. By & large Editor Smith leaves out the sort of stories that Sunday-school teachers rely on. Her Old Testament anthology omits the tales of Joshua, Gideon, Samson and Daniel in favor of the minor prophets Amos, Hosea and Micah...