The Book of Lamentations / Joshua A. Berman, Bar-Ilan University. [print]

By:

Berman, Joshua, 1964- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New Cambridge Bible commentaryPublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York , New York, USA : Cambridge University Press, (c)2023.Description: xxi, 183 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781108440141

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Commentaries

LOC classification:

BS1535.53.B516.L364 2023

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Contents:

Introduction -- Plotting a path for Zions spiritual rehabilitation -- Dispelling delusions I: the Lord and his love for Zion -- Redirecting Zions anger: the geber as model -- Dispelling delusions II: Zion and her social structures -- Purging prayer of Zion theology.

Summary: "In this commentary, Joshua Berman considers Lamentations as a literary work that creates meaning for a community in the wake of tragedy through its repudiation of Zion theology. Drawing from studies in collective trauma, his volume is the first study of Lamentations that systematically accounts for the constructed character of the narrator, a pastoral mentor who engages in a series of dialogues with a second constructed character, daughter Zion, who embodies the traumatized community of survivors. In each chapter, the pastoral mentor speaks to a different religious typology and a different sub-community of post-destruction Judeans, working with daughter Zion to reconsider her errant positions and charting for her a positive way forward to reconnecting with the Lord. Providing a systematic approach to the careful structure of each of its chapters, Berman illuminates how biblical writers offered support to their communities in a way that is still relevant and appealing to a therapy-conscious contemporary society."--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference (Library Use ONLY)	G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library)	Non-fiction	BS1535.53.B516.L364 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		31923001731450

Includes bibliographies and index.

"In this commentary, Joshua Berman considers Lamentations as a literary work that creates meaning for a community in the wake of tragedy through its repudiation of Zion theology. Drawing from studies in collective trauma, his volume is the first study of Lamentations that systematically accounts for the constructed character of the narrator, a pastoral mentor who engages in a series of dialogues with a second constructed character, daughter Zion, who embodies the traumatized community of survivors. In each chapter, the pastoral mentor speaks to a different religious typology and a different sub-community of post-destruction Judeans, working with daughter Zion to reconsider her errant positions and charting for her a positive way forward to reconnecting with the Lord. Providing a systematic approach to the careful structure of each of its chapters, Berman illuminates how biblical writers offered support to their communities in a way that is still relevant and appealing to a therapy-conscious contemporary society."--

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