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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782265103321

Autore

Mandolfo Carleen

Titolo

God in the dock [[electronic resource] ] : dialogic tension in the Psalms of Lament  / / Carleen Mandolfo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002

ISBN

1-281-80258-1

9786611802585

0-567-05905-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 357

Disciplina

223.3

Soggetti

Dialogue in the Bible

Laments in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HEARING VOICES; Chapter 3 ESTABLISHING THE DIALOGUE; Chapter 4 STYLISTIC AND THEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIALOGIC PSALMS; Chapter 5 SOCIO-RHETORICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 6 SOME CONTEXTUAL OBSERVATIONS AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the dialogic structure of biblical psalms of lament. Observations about voicing are developed out of the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, and are utilized to reevaluate the theological expression of lament psalms as well as components of Israel's rhetorical relationship with its deity. What emerges is a theology that gives voice to the tension that existed between faith in a god who practices flawless ""hesed,"" or covenantal loyalty, and the experience of God's failure to uphold his side of the bargain.