Surviving Lamentations: Catastrophe, Lament, and Protest in the Afterlife of a Biblical Book

by Tod Linafelt

Most contemporary interpretations of the biblical book of Lamentations focus on the figure of the "suffering man" as a role model for submission in the face of God's punishment for sin. Yet such a model offers small consolation to survivors of the Holocaust or other mass atrocities and also ignores chapters 1 and 2 of Lamentations, in which the personification of Zion laments her sufferings and demands a response on behalf of her dying children.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226481905
• ISBN13: 9780226481906
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"