Lamentations Through the Centuries

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"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is informative, thought-provoking, and -despite being a commentary - holds the reader's attention. It made me appreciateLamentations in a new way. To be recommended." (The Swedish Exegetical Yearbook 2014, 1 October 2014) "In this engrossing investigation of Lamentations --asplendid addition to the Wiley-Blackwell commentary series-- PaulJoyce and Diana Lipton draw on a fascinating array of visual,literary, musical, scholarly, religious and secular responses[...] an indispensable resource for scholars and students ofthe book of Lamentations, for those interested in the manifold waysit has been interpreted and appropriated, and for anyone curiousabout reception history in general and what it can teachus."--J. Cheryl Exum, University ofSheffield "Mourning the physical Jerusalem is the business of thebiblical Lamentations. Showing us how this is done in the book andin its reception history, over the ages, is the business of thepresent volume. The volume's value as guide through mourning isgreatly enhanced by its inception as a Jewish-Christian authorlycooperation. Jerusalem the symbolical is thus well served; and we,the readers, those who nurture our own Jerusalems, gain a guide tomourning--as much necessary, perhaps, as any guide forjoy."--Athalya Brenner, Universiteit vanAmsterdam