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Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible.

Bloomsbury Collections: Biblical Studies 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hildebrandt, Samuel, editor.
Kozlova, Ekaterina, editor.
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Series:
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.
Loneliness in the Bible.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition:
1st edition.
Place of Publication:
London : T&T Clark, 2025.
Summary:
The issue of personal loneliness is an acute challenge in the 21st century, and any response faces the initial problems of definition and language in discussing such intensely private matters.
Contents:
Cover
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION Samuel Hildebrandt and Ekaterina E. Kozlova
Bibliography
Chapter 1 ALONE, LONE, OR LONELY: ARE THERE LONELINESS LEXEMES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE?
Loneliness, Culture, and Language
Hebrew Words Translated as "Lonely": A Semantic Study of בדד
A Semantic Study of בד
A Semantic Study of יחיד
Case Studies
Conclusion
Chapter 2 THE SPATIALITY OF LONELINESS IN HAGAR'S STORY (GENESIS 16 AND 21)
Loneliness as a Spatial Category
Escape and Deathscape
Worldscape of Connection
Loneliness as Catalyst for Wellbeing of Others
Messy Narrative Roads
Reading with Hagar
Chapter 3 THE LONELIEST OF ALL? THE WIDOW AND ORPHAN IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
The Family in Ancient Israel
The Widow
The Orphan
Widow's Households
Conclusions
Chapter 4 "A DESOLATE WOMAN": GENDER, ABUSE, ISOLATION, AND LONELINESS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
Sexual Violence, Shame, and Loneliness
Zion, Gender-Based Violence, and Loneliness in Lamentations 1
Tamar, Gender-Based Violence, and Loneliness in 2 Samuel 13
Chapter 5 "TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE . . ." (QOH 4:9): "WORKPLACE" LONELINESS AND YHWH AS AN "EMPLOYER" IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
Social Isolation and Loneliness in ANE Sources
Elijah, a Chronically Dis-embedded Prophet
1 Kings 19: Entombing the Prophet and Prophetism59
Elijah and YHWH's Loneliness/Social Closeness Intervention
Chapter 6 RECOGNIZING THE HIDDEN, AND MALICIOUSLY EXACERBATED, LONELINESS OF MEPHIBOSHETH
Mephibosheth, Jonathan's Son, in the Second Book of Samuel
Thoughts on What Mephibosheth's Lameness Might Entail
Loneliness
Silent, Silenced, and Mute.
Connections to 2 Samuel 5:5-8
Mephibosheth's Life
Chapter 7 A HELPER-BEAST, BROTHER-JACKAL, AND DAUGHTER-LAMB: LONELY HUMANS AND COMPANIONATE ANIMALS IN HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS
The Garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3)
The Speeches of Job (Job 16-17, 29-31)
The Parable of the Ewe Lamb (2 Samuel 12:1-4)
Chapter 8 ALONENESS IN THE PSALMS
Approaching Aloneness in the Psalms
Summarizing Aloneness in Psalms 1-41
Assessing Aloneness in the Psalms
Chapter 9 GOOD TO BE ALONE: POSITIVE LONELINESS IN LAMENTATIONS 3 AND THE HEBREW BIBLE
The Strategic Solitude of Lamentations 3
Loneliness-Good for Others
Good to Be Alone? The Positive Side of Adam's Loneliness
Chapter 10 THE LONELY GOD? PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE
Jewish Writers
Definitions?
Texts
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
INDEX OF REFERENCES.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-567-71446-2
0-567-71447-0
9780567714473
OCLC:
1546969997

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