'Perhaps there is hope'
reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
by Miriam J. Bier
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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'Perhaps There Is Hope': Reading Lamentations As a Polyphony of Pain, Penitence, and Protest
2016, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
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'Perhaps there is hope': reading Lamentations as a polyphony of pain, penitence, and protest
2015, Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
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