God in the Dock : Dialogic tension in the psalms of lament, Carleen Mandolfo : book review

Extracted from text ... ---------------------------------------- Mandolfo, Carleen 2002. God in the Dock: Dialogic tension in the psalms of lament. London: Continuum Sheffield Academic Press. (JSOT Suppl Series 357.) x + 222 pages. Cloth. 50, 00. ISBN 0-8264-6200-6. The shift in tone - from lament t...

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Main Author: Maré, Leonard P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2005
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2005, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 948-949
Further subjects:B Book review
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:Extracted from text ... ---------------------------------------- Mandolfo, Carleen 2002. God in the Dock: Dialogic tension in the psalms of lament. London: Continuum Sheffield Academic Press. (JSOT Suppl Series 357.) x + 222 pages. Cloth. 50, 00. ISBN 0-8264-6200-6. The shift in tone - from lament to praise - which is a feature of most of the individual lament psalms, has received much attention from scholars. What has not been attended to is the fact that this shift in tone is often accompanied by a shift in voice, from first person to third person. This change from the first person voice of the petitioner to the ..
ISSN:2312-3621
Contains:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/EJC85701