'Perhaps there is Hope': Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest

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 La...

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Main Author: Bier, Miriam J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Bier, Miriam J., 'Perhaps there is hope' ] (2017) (Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia, 1969 -)
Series/Journal:The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies v.603
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 'Perhaps there is Hope' : Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest:
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Summary: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
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ISBN:0567658384