Lamentations in ancient and contemporary cultural contexts / 
edited by Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo. 
 - Atlanta, GA :  Society of Biblical Literature,  ©2008. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages). 
 - Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ;  no. 43 .
 - Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ;  no. 43. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and indexes. 
<br/><br/> On writing a commentary on Lamentations /  Lamentations from sundry angles: a retrospective /  Voices arguing about meaning /  Singers of Lamentations: (a)scribing (de)claiming poets and prophets /  Talking back: the perseverance of justice in Lamentation /  Surviving Lamentations (one more time) /  Lament and the arts of resistance: public and hidden transcripts in Lamentations 5 /  Priceless gain of penitence: from communal lament to penitential prayer in the "exilic" liturgy of Israel /  Articulate body: the language of suffering in the laments of the individual /  Praise in the realm of death: the dynamics of hymn-singing in ancient Near Eastern lament ceremony /  Engaging Lamentations and The lament for the South: a cross-textual reading /  Revival of lament in medieval Piyyuṭim /  The lament traditions of enslaved African American women and the lament traditions of the Hebrew Bible /  Selections from Between despair and lamentation /  Lamenting the dead in Iraq and South Africa: transitioning from individual trauma to collective mourning performances /  Poetry of Job as a resource for the articulation of embodied lament in the context of HIV and AIDS in South Africa /  A lament for New Orleans /  Lament as wake-up call (class analysis and historical possibility) /  Adele Berlin --  F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp --  Kathleen O'Connor --  Nancy C. Lee --  Carleen Mandolfo --  Tod Linafelt --  Robert Williamson, Jr. --  Mark J. Boda --  Amy C. Cottrill --  Erhard S. Gerstenberger --  Archie Chi Chung Lee --  William Morrow --  Wilma Ann Bailey --  Borislav Arapović --  Kimberly Wedeven Segall --  Gerald West --  Clyde Fant --  Walter Brueggemann. 
<br/><br/> Personal tragedy and communal catastrophe up to the present day are universal human experiences that call forth lament. Lament singers--from the most ancient civilizations to traditional oral poets to the biblical psalmists and poets of Lamentations to popular singers across the globe--have always raised the cry of human suffering, giving voice to the voiceless, illuminating injustice, or pleading for divine help. This volume gathers an international collection of essays on biblical lament and Lamentations, illuminating their genres, artistry, purposes, and significant place in the history and theologies of ancient Israel. It also explores lament across cultures, both those influenced by biblical traditions and those not, as the practices of composition, performance, and interpretation of life's suffering continue to shed light on our knowledge of biblical lament. --From publisher's description. 
<br/><br/><br/>English and Hebrew with English text parallel. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589833678 1589833678 1589833570 9781589833579 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Lamentations--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Lamentations--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Lamentations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Laments in the Bible.<br/>Elegiac poetry--History and criticism.<br/>RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Prophets.<br/>Elegiac poetry.<br/>Laments in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1535.52  / .L36 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>224/.306