Why?... How Long?: Studies on Voice(s) of Lamentation Rooted in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

by Carol J. Dempsey and Mark J. Boda

Book Overview

This volume is born out of two years of academic presentations on laments in the Biblical Hebrew Poetry Section at the Society of Biblical Literature (2006-2007). The topics of these papers are gathered around the theme of "voice." The two parts to this volume: 1) provide fresh readings of familiar texts as they are read through the lens of lamentation, and 2) deepen our understanding of Israel and God as lamenter and lamentee. In the second section...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567663736
• ISBN13: 9780567663733
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"