02369pam a22004214i 4500 223610 223610 49892430 OCoLC 20240222134308.0 020518s2002 kyu b 001 0 eng 2002071379 0664218490 (alk. paper) 9780664218492 (alk. paper) 9781611645101 electronic bk. tcgc289507 (OCoLC)49892430 DLC eng rda DLC YDX PCJ pcc BS1535.53 .B47 2002 224.3077 BER 21 224.307 B515β Berlin, Adele. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80003813 3108 Lamentations : a Commentary / Adele Berlin. First edition. Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, [2002] ©2002 xxvi, 135 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Old Testament library Includes bibliographical references and indexes. I. Introduction -- 1. The poetry of Lamentations -- 2. Gender and suffering -- Excursus 1: Bat-siyyon, the personified Zion -- Excursus 2: Jerusalem's residents: A sociological profile -- 3. Mourning as a religious concept -- 4. The theology of destruction and exile -- The paradigm of purity -- The political paradigm -- 5. Lamentations in literary context -- The biblical context: Qinah, communal lament, and Jerusalem lament -- The Mesopotamian context -- 6. Authorship -- 7. Date and purpose -- 8. lamentations at Qumran. II. Translation and commentary -- Lamentations 1:1-22: Mourning and shame -- Lamentations 2:1-22: Anger -- Lamentations 3:1-66: Exile -- Lamentations 4:1-22: Degradation -- Lamentations 5:1-22: Prayer. "This commentary on Lamentations furnishes a fresh translation and discusses questions of historical background and literary architecture before providing a theologically sensitive exposition of the text."--BOOK JACKET. Bible. Lamentations https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82148893 Commentaries. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001404 4728 Old Testament library. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42018212 15365 ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NPTS NPTS BK 2024-02-22 Donated 0 224.3077 BER NPTS005431 2024-02-22 00:00:00 2024-02-22 BK