Description
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.
Provides intertextual readings of the Book of Lamentations in connection with texts from the Hebrew Bible and throughout history.
About the Author
Heath A. Thomas is President and Professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Baptist University, USA. Brittany N. Melton is Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA, and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Reviews
After a helpful essay on the significance of intertextuality, the editors present the essays in accord with the divisions of the Hebrew Bible (Torah, Prophets, and Writings). A fourth group of essays studies Lamentations in dialogue with postbiblical Jewish, Christian, and Islamic words. A final essay describes reading Lamentations after the Shoah. Both senior and junior biblical scholars will appreciate this collection. * The Bible Today *
[A] stimulating collection of papers that help to bring Lamentations more into the mainstream of OT studies while also showing the fruitfulness of an expressly intertextual stance. * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *
Each chapter will increase the reader's understanding of Lamentations and its position within the Bible and within the Jewish and Christian traditions. It is inevitable that different readers will wish to focus on their own areas of interest, and most readers will certainly find much of interest. -- Dom Anselm Brumwell, Abbey of St Gregory the Great, UK * The Downside Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780567699589
Author Heath A. Thomas
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 667g
Provides intertextual readings of the Book of Lamentations in connection with texts from the Hebrew Bible and throughout history.
About the Author
Heath A. Thomas is President and Professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Baptist University, USA. Brittany N. Melton is Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA, and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Reviews
After a helpful essay on the significance of intertextuality, the editors present the essays in accord with the divisions of the Hebrew Bible (Torah, Prophets, and Writings). A fourth group of essays studies Lamentations in dialogue with postbiblical Jewish, Christian, and Islamic words. A final essay describes reading Lamentations after the Shoah. Both senior and junior biblical scholars will appreciate this collection. * The Bible Today *
[A] stimulating collection of papers that help to bring Lamentations more into the mainstream of OT studies while also showing the fruitfulness of an expressly intertextual stance. * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *
Each chapter will increase the reader's understanding of Lamentations and its position within the Bible and within the Jewish and Christian traditions. It is inevitable that different readers will wish to focus on their own areas of interest, and most readers will certainly find much of interest. -- Dom Anselm Brumwell, Abbey of St Gregory the Great, UK * The Downside Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780567699589
Author Heath A. Thomas
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 667g
