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Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible.
- Format:
- Book
- 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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