'Perhaps there is hope' : reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
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'Perhaps there is hope' : reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
（Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 603）（T & T Clark library of Biblical studies）
Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015
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"Perhaps there is hope" : reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-231) and indexes
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Description
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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Contents
Acknowledgements
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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
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