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‘Perhaps There is Hope’: Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest

Name: ‘Perhaps There is Hope’: Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
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ISBN: 9780567658371

Miriam J. Bier

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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.

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Year:

2015

Publisher:

Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Language:

English

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9780567658371

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9780567662217,9780567658388,9780567658371