Perhaps there is Hope'
Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
Published on 15. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-567-67215-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-67215-5 (9780567672155)
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Miriam J. Bier
Perhaps there is Hope'
Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
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Miriam J. Bier is lecturer in Old Testament at London School of Theology, UK. She is co-editor of Spiritual Complaint: Theology and Practice of Lament (Eugene: Pickwick, 2013).
Content
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Reading Lamentations 1 as a Polyphony
Chapter 3: Reading Lamentations 2 as a Polyphony
Chapter 4: Reading Lamentations 3 as a Polyphony
Chapter 5: Reading Lamentations 4 as a Polyphony
Chapter 6: Reading Lamentations 5 as a Polyphony
Chapter 7: Reading the Book of Lamentations as a Polyphony
Summary and Conclusions: The Hermeneutical Implications of Polyphony
Conclusions
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Reading Lamentations 1 as a Polyphony
Chapter 3: Reading Lamentations 2 as a Polyphony
Chapter 4: Reading Lamentations 3 as a Polyphony
Chapter 5: Reading Lamentations 4 as a Polyphony
Chapter 6: Reading Lamentations 5 as a Polyphony
Chapter 7: Reading the Book of Lamentations as a Polyphony
Summary and Conclusions: The Hermeneutical Implications of Polyphony
Conclusions
Bibliography