Lamentations
From Despair to Prayer
The destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in the sixth century bce brought its inhabitants pain, a feeling of abandonment by God, and the loss of self-identity-and engendered the six poems of the book of Lamentations. Previous studies of the book have sought for its theological centre, or have read the book solely as an expression of grief, but in this innovative interpretation Elie Assis claims that its main aim is to impart hope to its exiled readers.The intention of Lamentations is to transport the mourners from despair to prayer, and to offer its assurance that the destruction must only be temporary because God has not severed his coven…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-914490-11-8
- EAN: 9781914490118
- Produktnummer: 39005648
- Verlag: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 324 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.2 cm 654 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Reihenbandnummer: 101
- Gewicht: 654
Über den Autor
Elie Assis is Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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