Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible
Commentators are often disturbed by the presence of various speakers in the three poems of Lamentations 1 and 2, and Isaiah 51.9-52.2, the change of speakers being thought to disrupt the flow of ideas. This study shows that a close reading of all three poems in the light of their mourbaning ceremony setting displays a clear and consistent flow of thought. Purported cases of 'disruption' now fit into their present context as moments in which different mourbaners voice their pains and their questions aloud, and bring their incomprehensible sufferings to Yahweh their God and the creator of all.
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Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible
Commentators are often disturbed by the presence of various speakers in the three poems of Lamentations 1 and 2, and Isaiah 51.9-52.2, the change of speakers being thought to disrupt the flow of ideas. This study shows that a close reading of all three poems in the light of their mourbaning ceremony setting displays a clear and consistent flow of thought. Purported cases of 'disruption' now fit into their present context as moments in which different mourbaners voice their pains and their questions aloud, and bring their incomprehensible sufferings to Yahweh their God and the creator of all.
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Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781841270296 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 01/01/2000 |
Series: | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #302 |
Pages: | 226 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d) |
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