Reading Lamentations intertextually / edited by Heath A. Thomas and Brittany N. Melton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Heath, editor.

Melton, Brittany N., editor.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 714.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 714

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Lamentations--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Lamentations.

Intertextuality in the Bible.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021.

Summary:

"This book addresses intertextual connections between Lamentations and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts throughout history. Sources examined range from the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern Shoah literature, allowing the volume's impact to reach beyond Lamentations to each of the 'intertexts' the chapters address. By bringing together scholars with expertise on this diverse array of texts, the volume offers a wide range of exegetical insight. It also enables the reader to appreciate the varying intertextual approaches currently employed in Biblical Studies, ranging from abstract theory to rigid method. By applying these to a focused analysis of Lamentations, this book will facilitate greater insight on both Lamentations and current methodological research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A sea of intertexts: introduction to Reading Lamentations intertextually / Brittany N. Melton and Heath A. Thomas

Part I. Lamentations in Dialogue with the Torah. Exodus 32-34 and Lamentations: comparison of sin, punishment, and confession / Alison Lo

"Away! Unclean! Do not touch!": defiled and defiling priests in Lamentations / Samuel E. Balentine

The ostrich and the sword: reading the city-lament of Lamentations intertextually with the wilderness wanderings of the book of Numbers / Richard S. Briggs

Chaos and order: Lamentations and Deuteronomy as responses to destruction and exile / Elizabeth Boase

Part II. Lamentations in Dialogue with the Prophets. Out of sight, but not out of mind (2 Kings 23:27): reading 1-2 Kings with Lamentations / J. Andrew Dearman

"I am he, your comforter": Second Isaiah's pervasive divine voice as intertextual 'answer' to Lamentations' divine silence / Katie M. Heffelfinger The afflicted man in Lamentations 3 as comrade to Jeremiah / Christl M. Maier

The sound and the fury: women and suffering in Ezekiel and Lamentations / Amy Kalmanofsky

Zechariah's intertextual reversal of Lamentations / Michael R. Stead

Part III. Lamentations in Dialogue with the Writings. Models for prayer in Lamentations and Psalms / John Goldingay

Verse and voice in Lamentations 3 and Psalm 119 / David J. Reimer

Debating suffering: the voices of Lamentations personified in Job's dialogue / Will Kynes

All is decay: intertextual links between Lamentations 5 and Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 / Katharine J. Dell

Conspicuous females and an inconspicuous God: the distinctive characterization of women and God in the Megilloth / Brittany N. Melton

Part IV. Lamentations in Dialogue beyond the Hebrew Bible. Lamentations at Qumran / Gideon R. Kotzé^^^ntations' divine silence / Katie M. Heffelfinger From anonymity to biography: Jeremiah as a character memorizing the past in the Septuagint version of Lamentations / Antje Labahn

"Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord": Josephus' interpretations of Lamentations / Honora Howell Chapman

Jesus and Jerusalem: Christological interpretation of Lamentations in the church / Robin A. Parry

The rabbis talk back through the prophets: intertextuality, Lamentations, and divine mourning / Heath A. Thomas

Reading Lamentations after the Shoah: a mandate to question / Hemchand Gossai.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-311) and indexes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

0567699587

9780567699589

OCLC:

1226173980