| 'Perhaps There Is Hope': Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest Contributor(s): Bier, Miriam J. (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567658384 ISBN-13: 9780567658388 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Bibles |
| Dewey: 224.3 |
| LCCN: 2014040275 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |