Lamentations Through the Centuries Hardback
by Paul M. Joyce, Diana Lipton, David M. Gunn, John F. A. Sawyer
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series
Hardback
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Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. * Features a wealth of reactions covering two and a half millennia to this ancient text's influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war * Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis; through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall; contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junk sculpture * Deploys "reception exegesis", a new genre of commentary that creatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis * Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological and psychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of the Hebrew Bible * Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections both religious and secular on human suffering and the disasters of war
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:232 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/04/2013
- ISBN:9780631219781
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:232 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/04/2013
- ISBN:9780631219781
