Talk:Book of Micah

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Was this written in Judah or Iseral? --John Campbell 00:33, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Judah. The only OT prophetic book from Israel is Hosea, and even that probably has a few small additions by Judean editors.

• That depends if the Book of Jonah(well not entirely prophetic, but nonetheless about the prophet) was written by Jonah. 74.137.230.39 21:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Actually the Book of Obadiah could of been written in Israel. I feel particullarly stupid, Book of Amos could also have been written in the North. I should of known that, anyway several books could of been written in the North. 74.137.230.39 21:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Evidence

Whats the evidence of the Book of Micah being partially written later. Isn't that kind of critical for this section. Just stating opinions is worthless.(which the article does not even do. 74.137.230.39 18:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• I looked up a little, and it seems its all based on the assumption people can't prophesize. 74.137.230.39 18:19, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • ...which is a pretty good assumption.

[edit] Highly propagandistic

This article is so subjective, religious, and POV-pushing that it's almost unreadable. Wikipedia is not a platform for religious proselytizing. It needs heavy revision. Inoculatedcities 19:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You don't offer any examples. Considering the subject matter is a religious one, it is hard to see how you can write anything about the individual referenced without it having a significant element of religion. As far as "proselytizing", I totally disagree. The article does not make any argument for belief, it is just recounting the stories which are associated with the biblical figure.

If you have a specific issue with some facts in the article, the correct approach is to edit it and let other editors accept or deny your edits, not just complain about it in the discussion page with some vague comments about the article being "religious" and "POV" pushing.

At the least, you need to give some specific examples of what POV it is pushing. I do not see any POV being pushed -- it just recounts the stories of the biblical figure Micah, albeit at length. Unreadable? Hmm. The article has already been rated by other editors as having a B-class rating, which isn't bad and is above average for Wikipedia articles. Without a better description of your problems with the article, your comments come across as biased against religious subjects [User:Izaakb|Izaakb]] 01:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)