The leading scholar of the Old Testament Jörg Jeremias discusses the books Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah. Jeremias analysis of the translation enables to connect sections of texts. He gives ideas for academic works but also for an in depth preparation of sermons. The reader gets a better understanding of the pericope and its intercultural connection through the depiction of each book.Jeremias deals mainly with the book Micah that due to the prophecy of the Messia in 5,1 looks back on a long history of interpretation.