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'Perhaps there is Hope'

'Perhaps there is Hope'

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

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ISBN10: 0567672158
ISBN13: 9780567672155
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Dec 15 2016
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
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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