'Perhaps there is Hope': Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
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 La...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Bier, Miriam J., 'Perhaps there is hope' ] (2017) (Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia, 1969 -)
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| Series/Journal: | The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies
v.603 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0567658384 |