Lamentations through the Centuries (Wiley-blackwell Bible Commentaries)

Joyce, Paul M./ Lipton, Diana

Blackwell Pub（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 217 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780631219781
• DDC分類 224.3077

基本説明

Covers two and a half millennia of literary, theological and cultural responses to this unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war.

Full Description

Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. * Features a wealth of reactions covering two and a half millennia to this ancient text's influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war * Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis; through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall; contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junk sculpture * Deploys "reception exegesis", a new genre of commentary that creatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis * Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological and psychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of the Hebrew Bible * Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections both religious and secular on human suffering and the disasters of war

Contents

Series Editors Preface viii Abbreviations x List of Figures xii Introduction 1 COMMENTARY 26 Afterword 193 Bibliography 196 Author Index 206 Subject Index 209