Lamentations Through the Centuries

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Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and culturalcreativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety ofinterpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of theshortest books in the Bible. * Features a wealth of reactions - covering two and a halfmillennia - to this ancient text's influential andunflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war * Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead SeaScrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis;through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall;contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junksculpture * Deploys "reception exegesis", a new genre of commentary thatcreatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis * Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological andpsychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of theHebrew Bible * Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections - bothreligious and secular - on human suffering and the disastersof war

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Paul M. Joyce

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"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is informative, thought-provoking, and -despite being a commentary - holds the reader's attention. It made me appreciateLamentations in a new way. To be recommended." (The Swedish Exegetical Yearbook 2014, 1 October 2014) "In this engrossing investigation of Lamentations --asplendid addition to the Wiley-Blackwell commentary series-- PaulJoyce and Diana Lipton draw on a fascinating array of visual,literary, musical, scholarly, religious and secular responses[...] an indispensable resource for scholars and students ofthe book of Lamentations, for those interested in the manifold waysit has been interpreted and appropriated, and for anyone curiousabout reception history in general and what it can teachus."--J. Cheryl Exum, University ofSheffield "Mourning the physical Jerusalem is the business of thebiblical Lamentations. Showing us how this is done in the book andin its reception history, over the ages, is the business of thepresent volume. The volume's value as guide through mourning isgreatly enhanced by its inception as a Jewish-Christian authorlycooperation. Jerusalem the symbolical is thus well served; and we,the readers, those who nurture our own Jerusalems, gain a guide tomourning--as much necessary, perhaps, as any guide forjoy."--Athalya Brenner, Universiteit vanAmsterdam
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