'Perhaps There Is Hope': Reading Lamentations As A Polyphony Of Pain, Penitence, And Protest (The Library Of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 603)

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.

• | Author: Miriam J. Bier
• | Publisher: T&T Clark
• | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0567672158
• | ISBN-13: 9780567672155