Lamentations Through the Centuries.
Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. Features a wealth of reactions - covering two and a half millennia - to this ancient text'...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerset
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Joyce, Paul M., 1954-, Lamentations through the centuries] (2017) (Esler, Philip Francis, 1952 -)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries Ser
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Bible ; Lamentations ; Commentaries
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781118414361 |
| Summary: | Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. Features a wealth of reactions - covering two and a half millennia - to this ancient text's influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis; through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall; contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junk sculpture Deploys "reception exegesis", a new genre of commentary that creatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological and psychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of the Hebrew Bible Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections - both religious and secular - on human suffering and the disasters of war. Intro -- Lamentations Through the Centuries -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- The Book of Lamentations -- Who Wrote Lamentations? -- The Language of Lamentations: Translations and Versions -- What Makes Lamentations So Generative and Fertile? -- Timely Lament: Why Is Lamentations Read and Studied Now? -- The Contexts in Which Lamentations Has Been Most Often 'Received' -- Reception History -- Who Writes Reception History? -- Who Reads Reception History? -- The Ethics of Reception -- Lenses for Lamentations: Types of Media and Their Implications for Reception History -- Reception Exegesis -- Interpretation and Context -- The Structure and Method of This Commentary -- The Authors of This Commentary -- References -- Lamentations 1 -- Gendered Lament -- Naming Necessity -- Alef-Bet City -- Music and Church Politics -- Exegetical Conversations -- Lamentations in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Lamenting Intertextually -- Holy Week Polyphony -- Mourning Jerusalem in Tel Aviv -- The Reluctant Propagandist? -- Lamentations at the Races -- Mourning Jerusalem in Rome -- Sing-along Messiah -- Unforgiveable? -- Reformed and Humanist -- Sacred and Profane? -- Body Language -- Isaiah Reading Lamentations? -- References -- Lamentations 2 -- Babylonians and Cossacks -- Flames of Wrath -- Lamenting Cities -- Interfaith Lament? -- Short Story, Long History -- Beyond Words? -- False Prophets and Precious Vessels -- New Testament Perspectives -- God's Tears -- In Front of the Children -- Slave Trading -- Backchat -- History Repeats Itself -- References -- Lamentations 3 -- Christological Lamentations -- The Soul's Dark Night -- Festivals of Darkness and Light -- She'll Sit in the Dark -- Lamenting Vienna -- Remembering Destruction in the Midst of Rebuilding -- The Curse of Lamentations. |
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| ISBN: | 1118332644 |