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'Perhaps there is Hope'

'Perhaps there is Hope'

Hardcover

Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Book 603

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ISBN10: 0567658384
ISBN13: 9780567658388
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 18 2015
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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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