The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 1 / Commonly Called the Minor

The volume offers a critical and devotional study of the early prophetic books, treating Amos, Hosea, and Micah with a prefatory sketch of Israelite prophecy. Each prophet receives historical and critical introduction, a portrait of the seer, a fresh translation with textual footnotes, and verse-by-verse exposition and contemporary application, followed by doctrinal discussion. The author emphasizes textual difficulties and proposed limited emendations, compares versions, and argues for chronological ordering while acknowledging later additions and composite passages. The tone balances philological scrutiny with theological interpretation, aiming to clarify structure, dating, and theological themes in the eighth-to-fourth-century prophetic tradition.