Miga in konfrontasie met die leiers van die volk: ’n Kritiese ondersoek na A S van der Woude se Miga-analise

Micah in confrontation with the leaders of the people: A critical investigation Into A S van der Woude’s Micah analysis With his Micah commentary (1976) van der Woude went in a different direction and shed new light on the understanding of the book of Micah. The main thrust of his threefold theory is that Micah 2-5 has to be understood as a dispute between Micah and his pseudo-prophetical opponents. The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand a critical analysis of this theory is done, amongst other things by making use of a formal analysis of the text of Micah. On the other hand I focus on Van der Woude himself as partner in the discussion, paying special attention to the method he uses.