Ebook: Lamentations Through the Centuries

Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible.

• Features a wealth of reactions – covering two and a half millennia – to this ancient text's influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war
• Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis; through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall; contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junk sculpture
• Deploys "reception exegesis", a new genre of commentary that creatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis
• Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological and psychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of the Hebrew Bible
• Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections – both religious and secular – on human suffering and the disasters of war

Content:
Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–25):
Chapter 1 Lamentations (pages 26–67):
Chapter 2 Lamentations (pages 68–100):
Chapter 3 Lamentations (pages 101–146):
Chapter 4 Lamentations (pages 147–174):
Chapter 5 Lamentations (pages 175–192):