'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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Main Author: Bier, Miriam J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Bier, Miriam J., 'Perhaps there is hope' ] (2017) (Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia, 1969 -)
Series/Journal:The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies v.603
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
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505 8 0 |a CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to Lamentations; 3. Theodic and Antitheodic Readings of Lamentations; 4. The Dialogism of the Idea and the Polyphonic Text; 5. Point of View in the Polyphonic Text; 6. Conclusions; Chapter 2 -- READING LAMENTATIONS 1 AS A POLYPHONY; 1. Introduction to Lamentations 1: The Lamenter and Zion; 2. Lamentations 1: Analysis; 3. Overall Point of View: Lamentations 1; 4. Summary and Conclusions: Lamentations 1; 5. Postscript: The Disappearing Poet; Chapter 3 -- READING LAMENTATIONS 2 AS A POLYPHONY 
505 8 0 |a 1. Introduction to Lamentations 2: The Lamenter and Zion Aligned2. Analysis of Lamentations 2; 3. Overall Point of View: Lamentations 2; 4. Summary and Conclusions: Lamentations 2; 5. Postscript: The Deceptive Lamenter and the Disappearing Woman; Chapter 4READING LAMENTATIONS 3 AS A POLYPHONY; 1. Introduction to Lamentations 3: The gbr and Authoritative Discourse; 2. Analysis of Lamentations 3; 3. Overall Point of View: Lamentations 3; 4. Summary and Conclusions: Lamentations 3; Chapter 5 -- READING LAMENTATIONS 4 AS A POLYPHONY; 1. Introduction to Lamentations 4: The Lamenter and bt-'my 
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505 8 0 |a 5. Conclusions: The Hermeneutical Implications of PolyphonyChapter 8CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors 
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