The 12 minor prophets are simply shorter, from Hosea through Malachi, some so short you have to check closely as you turn pages lest you miss the delights of books like Obadiah, Jonah or Micah.

The Book of Micah is just seven chapters in nine pages. Yet Julia O’Brien, professor of Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary, has written a 141-page book on the work of Micah, one of ...