Perhaps there is Hope'
Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
Perhaps there is Hope'
Reading Lamentations as a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567658388
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 23/04/2015
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Reading Lamentations 1 as a Polyphony
Chapter 3: Reading Lamentations 2 as a Polyphony
Chapter 4: Reading Lamentations 3 as a Polyphony
Chapter 5: Reading Lamentations 4 as a Polyphony
Chapter 6: Reading Lamentations 5 as a Polyphony
Chapter 7: Reading the Book of Lamentations as a Polyphony
Summary and Conclusions: The Hermeneutical Implications of Polyphony
Conclusions
Bibliography
