03476nam 22005534a 450 991095878510332120251117060624.01-58983-367-8(CKB)1000000000755897(SSID)ssj0000188516(PQKBManifestationID)11179584(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188516(PQKBWorkID)10152225(PQKB)11603820(MiAaPQ)EBC3118197(Au-PeEL)EBL3118197(CaPaEBR)ebr10286058(OCoLC)922967726(EXLCZ)99100000000075589720080522d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLamentations in ancient and contemporary cultural contexts /edited by Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo1st ed.Atlanta Society of Biblical Literaturec2008xii, 274 pSociety of Biblical Literature symposium series ;no. 43Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58983-357-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-254) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Laments from the Sudan, New Orleans, and Iraq -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: The Biblical Book of Lamentations -- On Writing a Commentary on Lamentations -- Lamentations from Sundry Angles: A Retrospective -- Voices Arguing about Meaning -- The Singers of Lamentations: (A)Scribing (De)Claiming Poets and Prophets -- Talking Back: The Perseverance of Justice In Lamentation -- Surviving Lamentations (One More Time) -- Part 2: Biblical Lament: Communal, Penitential, Individual … -- Lament and the Arts of Resistance: Public and Hidden Transcripts in Lamentations -- The Priceless Gain of Penitence: From Communal Lament to Penitential Prayer in the "Exilic" Liturgy of Israel -- The Articulate Body: The Language of Suffering in the Laments of the Individual -- Part 3: Lament across Cultures -- Praise in the Realm of Death: The Dynamics of Hymn-Singing in Ancient Near Eastern Lament Ceremony -- Engaging Lamentations and The Lament for the South: A Cross-Textual Reading -- The Revival of Lament in Medieval Piyyuttim -- The Lament Traditions of Enslaved African American Women and the Lament Traditions of the Hebrew Bible -- Selections from Between Despair and Lamentation -- Lamenting the Dead in Iraq and South Africa: Transitioning from Individual Trauma to Collective Mourning Performances -- The Poetry of Job as a Resource for the Articulation of Embodied Lament in the Context of HIV and AIDS in South Africa -- A Lament for New Orleans -- Part 4: Retrospective/Prospective, Continuing Relevance -- Lament as Wake-up Call (Class Analysis and Historical Possibility) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ;no. 43.Laments in the BibleElegiac poetryHistory and criticismLaments in the Bible.Elegiac poetryHistory and criticism.224/.306Lee Nancy C1893487Mandolfo Carleen1892789MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958785103321Lamentations in ancient and contemporary cultural contexts4541821UNINA