Poetry and Theology in the Book of Lamentations: The Aesthetics of an Open Text

by Heath A. Thomas

The book of Lamentations is a challenge to its readers. Its ambiguous theology, strident protestations against its deity, and haunting imagery confound interpreters. This monograph engages the enigma of Lamentations by assessing its theology. It does so, however, neither by tracing a single theological perspective through the book nor by reconstructing the history of the composition of the book. Rather, Heath Thomas assesses the poetry of Lamentations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190753475X
• ISBN13: 9781907534751
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"