Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

Name: Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible
Price: 275.00 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781841270296

By: Xuan Huong Thi Pham

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Commentators are often disturbed by the presence of various speakers in the three poems of Lamentations 1 and 2, and Isa. 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 mourning ceremony setting displays a clear and consistant flow of thought. Purported cases of "distuption" now fit into their present context as moments in which different mouners voice their pains and their questions aloud, and bring their imcomprehensible sufferings to Yahweh their God and the creator of all.

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Title: Mourning in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible
By: Xuan Huong Thi Pham
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 220
Vendor: Usborne
Publication Date: 1999

Weight: 16 ounces
ISBN: 1841270296
ISBN-13: 9781841270296
Ages: 6-9
Series: Questions and Answers
Stock No: WW70296

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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 mourning 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 mourners voice their pains and their questions aloud, and bring their incomprehensible sufferings to Yahweh their God and the creator of all.