'Perhaps there is hope'
reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
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Author
Publication
2015 - Bloomsbury T & T Clark, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,250 words, Guess
Page Count
249 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28411561M
- ISBN-139780567658388
- ISBN-100567658384
- OCLC Control Number881656140
- OCLC Control Number905221777
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014040275
Classifications
- DDC224/.306
- LCCBS1535.52 .B54 2015
- LCCBS1535.52
and 1 more
- LCCBS1535.52.B54 2015
Description
Bier proposes here a strong new understanding of the Book of Lamentations, drawing on Bakhtinian ideas of multiple voices to analyse the poetic speaking voices within the text; examining their theological perspectives, and nuancing the interaction between them. Bier scrutinises interpretations of Lamentations, distinguishing between exegesis that reads Lamentations as a theodicy, in defense of God, and those that read it as an anti-theodicy, in defense of Zion. Rather than reductively adopting either of these approaches, this book advocates a dialogic approach to Lamentations, reading to hear the full polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest.
Subjects
Series Statement
- The library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 603
- T & T Clark library of biblical studies
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 603.
Other Editions
- 'Perhaps there is hope': reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
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