Lamentations Through the Centuries

by Diana Lipton and Paul Joyce

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631219781
• ISBN13: 9780631219781
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"