'Perhaps there is Hope' : Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest Hardback
by Miriam J. (London School of Theology, UK) Bier
Part of the The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies series
Hardback
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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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/04/2015
- ISBN:9780567658388
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/04/2015
- ISBN:9780567658388
