Perhaps there is hope reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest by Miriam J. Bier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bier, Miriam J., author.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 603.

The library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies 603

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Lamentations--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Reading Lamentations 1 as a Polyphony

Chapter 3: Reading Lamentations 2 as a Polyphony

Chapter 4: Reading Lamentations 3 as a Polyphony

Chapter 5: Reading Lamentations 4 as a Polyphony

Chapter 6: Reading Lamentations 5 as a Polyphony

Chapter 7: Reading the Book of Lamentations as a Polyphony

Summary and Conclusions: The Hermeneutical Implications of Polyphony

Conclusions

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567672155

0567672158

9780567662217

0567662217

9780567658371

0567658376

OCLC:

905221777