Research Catalog

Title

Why?-- How long? : studies on voice(s) of lamentation rooted in biblical Hebrew poetry / edited by LeAnn Snow Flesher, Carol J. Dempsey and Mark J. Boda.

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Flesher, LeAnn Snow
• Dempsey, Carol J.
• Boda, Mark J.

Description

xvi, 206 pages : music; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 552

Uniform Title

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 552.

Subjects

• Elegiac poetry, Hebrew
• Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew
• Laments in the Bible
• Elegiac poetry, Hebrew > History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew > History and criticism
• Bible > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and indexes.

Contents

"Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation" (Amos 5:1) : lamentation themes in the book of Amos / Jason H. Radine -- A study of the references to ima-tav in Jeremiah 8:18-9:2(3) : a gendered lamentation / Ahida Calderón Pilarski -- Micah 1:1-16 and 7:1-10 : a poet's cry of the heart in the midst of tragic vision / Carol J. Dempsey -- My God... why? : questioning the action and inaction of YHWH in the Psalms / Andrew Davies -- Boxed by the orthodox : the function of Lamentations 3:22-29 in the message of the book / Walter C. Bouzard -- "Uttering precious rather than worthless words" : divine patience and impatience with lament in Isaiah and Jeremiah / Mark J. Boda -- A critique against God? : reading Psalm 80 in the context of vindication / Hee Suk Kim -- One good "turn" deserves another? : rhetorical strategy in Joel 2:12-17 / Joel Barker -- Tricksters and martyrs : reading Daniel 9 as lament within the context of the entire book / LeAnn Snow Flesher -- Can the unrighteous lament? : lament speech and reconciliation / Elna K. Solvan -- The poetic beauty of grief in Lamentations / Victoria Hoffer.

Call Number

*PDF 14-113

ISBN

• 9780567408488 (cloth)
• 0567408485 (cloth)

OCLC

761380387

Title

Why?-- How long? : studies on voice(s) of lamentation rooted in biblical Hebrew poetry / edited by LeAnn Snow Flesher, Carol J. Dempsey and Mark J. Boda.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 552

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 552.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and indexes.

Added Author

Flesher, LeAnn Snow, editor.

Dempsey, Carol J., editor.

Boda, Mark J., editor.

Research Call Number

*PDF 14-113