Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible / edited by Samuel Hildebrandt and Ekaterina E. Kozlova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hildebrandt, Samuel, editor.

Kozlova, Ekaterina E., 1975- editor.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 718.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 718

T&T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loneliness in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 231 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2026.

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. The essays in this volume turn to ancient prose and poetry in the search for such articulation, as the Hebrew Bible offers a deep pool for reflections about terminology, the diversity within the lonely crowd, and the overlap between loneliness and theology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Alone, lone, or lonely : are there loneliness lexemes in the Hebrew Bible / Sonja Noll

The spatiality of loneliness in Hagar's story (Genesis 16 and 21) / Karolien Vermeulen

The loneliest of all? : the widow and orphan in the Hebrew Bible / Christie Gilfeather

"A desolate woman" : gender, abuse, isolation, and loneliness in the Hebrew Bible / Holly Morse

"Two are better than one..." (Qoh 4:9) : "workplace" loneliness and YHWH as an "employer" in the Hebrew Bible / Ekaterina E. Kozlova

Recognizing the hidden, and maliciously exacerbated, loneliness of Mephibosheth / Heather A. McKay

A helper-beast, brother-jackal, and daughter-lamb: lonely humans and companionate animals in Hebrew Bible texts / Suzanna Miller

Aloneness in the Psalms / Philip S. Johnston

Good to be alone : positive loneliness in Lamentations 3 and the Hebrew Bible / Samuel Hildebrandt

The lonely God? : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible / David J. Reimer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567714442

0567714446

OCLC:

1517962180