Studies in the Book of Lamentations

by Norman K. Gottwald

When published, this work on the Book of Lamentations opened a new wave of studies on that much neglected biblical book. After a fresh translation, followed by acute analyses of the acrostic form and literary genres, the author develops the two-fold theology of ""doom"" and ""hope"" that reverberates through the five laments composed during the exile to cope with the fall of Jerusalem. Created for public performance, the poems artfully alternate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606089811
• ISBN13: 9781606089811
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"