person · P0042
Michah מיכה המורשתי
Prophet of Moreshet in the days of Yotam, Achaz, and Chizkiyahu — contemporary of Yeshayahu, voice of the countryside against the corruption of Jerusalem's elites. His warning that "Zion will be plowed as a field" was still being quoted a century later in Yirmiyahu's trial. Per the Rambam he received the Oral Torah from Yeshayahu and transmitted it to Yoel.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- מיכה המורשתי
- Also known as
- Michah HaMorashti, Micah
- Era
- bible
- Received the mesorah from
- Yeshayahu
- Transmitted the mesorah to
- Yoel
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3150–3210 AM
- Academic
- fl. c. 740–700 BCE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈60 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received the Oral Torah from Yeshayahu and his court, and transmitted it to Yoel — the fifteenth link in Rambam's forty-generation chain.
Confidence is for the chain as stated by the Rambam. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Prophesied that "because of you, Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the Temple Mount a forested height."
Confidence is for what the biblical text states. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| More than a century later, elders at Yirmiyahu's trial remembered that Michah of Moresheth had been active in Chizkiyahu's reign and had not been executed by the king.
This is an internal biblical historical memory of Michah's treatment by royal authority.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3150–3210 AM per the superscription's kings (Yotam, Achaz, Chizkiyahu) in Seder Olam reckoning; academic dating late 8th century BCE.
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |