Name: 'Perhaps there is Hope'
SKU: 56352146
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Author: Bier, Miriam J.
ISBN: 9780567672155

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Author

Miriam J. Bier

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4x15.6x1.4 cm

Weight

0.38 kg.

ISBN13

9780567672155

Synopsis "'Perhaps there is Hope'"

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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