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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.

Contributor(s): Flesher, LeAnn Snow [editor.] | Dempsey, Carol J [editor.] | Boda, Mark J [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies: 552.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014Description: xvi, 206 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567408488 (cloth); 0567408485 (cloth)Subject(s): Laments in the Bible | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Elegiac poetry, Hebrew -- History and criticism | Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- History and criticismBibliography, Etc. 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 [BaT'-'ammi] 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 3:22-39 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. Solvang -- The poetic beauty of grief in Lamentations / Victoria Hoffer.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-194) and indexes.

"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 [BaT'-'ammi] 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 3:22-39 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. Solvang -- The poetic beauty of grief in Lamentations / Victoria Hoffer.