Reading Lamentations Intertextually (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies | LHBOTS)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
This book addresses intertextual connections between Lamentations and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible, along with texts throughout history. Sources examined range from the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern Shoah literature, allowing the volume's impact to reach beyond Lamentations to each of the 'intertexts' the chapters address.
By bringing together scholars with expertise on this diverse array of texts, the volume offers a wide range of exegetical insight. It also enables the reader to appreciate the varying intertextual approaches currently employed in Biblical Studies, ranging from abstract theory to rigid method. By applying these to a focused analysis of Lamentations, this book will facilitate greater insight on both Lamentations and current methodological research.
- Offers deep exegetical insight from expert scholars
- Helps the reader to understand current intertextual approaches, and Lamentations
- Deals with intertextual connections between Lamentations and texts in each division of the Hebrew Bible
Part One: Lamentations in Dialogue with the Torah
- Exodus 32-34 and Lamentations: A Comparison of Sin, Punishment, and Confession - Alison Lo (Bethel Seminary, USA)
- 'Away! Unclean! Do not Touch!': Defiled and Defiling Priests in Lamentations - Samuel E. Balentine (Union Presbyterian Seminary, USA)
- The Ostrich and the Sword: Reading the City-Lament of Lamentations Intertextually with the Wilderness Wanderings of the Book of Numbers - Richard S. Briggs (Durham University, UK)
- Chaos and Order: Lamentations and Deuteronomy as Responses to Destruction and Exile - Elizabeth Boase (University of Divinity, Australia)
Part Two: Lamentations in Dialogue with the Prophets
- Out of Sight, but not out of Mind (2 Kings 23:27): Reading 1-2 Kings with Lamentations, J. - Andrew Dearman (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)
- 'I am He, Your Comforter': Second Isaiah's Pervasive Voice as Intertextual 'Answer' to Lamentations' Divine Silence - Katie M. Heffelfinger (Church of Ireland Theological Institute, the Republic of Ireland)