Elusive Lamentations: What Are They About?
More than in other Hebrew writings, the enigmatic queries for origin, use, and theology of the small Book of Lamentations cannot easily be appeased. There are too many discrepancies in our literary, historical, and theological data of these five chapters of literature. Affinities with ancient Sumeri...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2013, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-132 |
Further subjects: | B
Theology
B “We” discourse B Communal B Lament B Lamentations B Mourning |
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Summary: | More than in other Hebrew writings, the enigmatic queries for origin, use, and theology of the small Book of Lamentations cannot easily be appeased. There are too many discrepancies in our literary, historical, and theological data of these five chapters of literature. Affinities with ancient Sumerian city laments as well as echoes of analogous experiences in modern experience open up new dimensions in the interpretation of Lamentations. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964312473251 |