WALTER BRUEGGEMANN Micah 6:8 is commonly recognized as a very peculiar and precious summary of the demands of God mediated through the eighth century prophets. In this form, the expectations of God are not general norms (as, for example, natural law) but they are specific expectations placed on God’s covenant partner. In this well-known triad of expectations, it is no doubt important that the first element is to do justice. In biblical faith, the doing of justice
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