LEADER 03476nam 22005534a 450 001 9910958785103321 005 20251117060624.0 010 $a1-58983-367-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755897 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000188516 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179584 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188516 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10152225 035 $a(PQKB)11603820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3118197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3118197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10286058 035 $a(OCoLC)922967726 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755897 100 $a20080522d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLamentations in ancient and contemporary cultural contexts /$fedited by Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAtlanta $cSociety of Biblical Literature$dc2008 215 $axii, 274 p 225 1 $aSociety of Biblical Literature symposium series ;$vno. 43 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-58983-357-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-254) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Laments from the Sudan, New Orleans, and Iraq -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: The Biblical Book of Lamentations -- On Writing a Commentary on Lamentations -- Lamentations from Sundry Angles: A Retrospective -- Voices Arguing about Meaning -- The Singers of Lamentations: (A)Scribing (De)Claiming Poets and Prophets -- Talking Back: The Perseverance of Justice In Lamentation -- Surviving Lamentations (One More Time) -- Part 2: Biblical Lament: Communal, Penitential, Individual ? -- Lament and the Arts of Resistance: Public and Hidden Transcripts in Lamentations -- The Priceless Gain of Penitence: From Communal Lament to Penitential Prayer in the "Exilic" Liturgy of Israel -- The Articulate Body: The Language of Suffering in the Laments of the Individual -- Part 3: Lament across Cultures -- Praise in the Realm of Death: The Dynamics of Hymn-Singing in Ancient Near Eastern Lament Ceremony -- Engaging Lamentations and The Lament for the South: A Cross-Textual Reading -- The Revival of Lament in Medieval Piyyuttim -- The Lament Traditions of Enslaved African American Women and the Lament Traditions of the Hebrew Bible -- Selections from Between Despair and Lamentation -- Lamenting the Dead in Iraq and South Africa: Transitioning from Individual Trauma to Collective Mourning Performances -- The Poetry of Job as a Resource for the Articulation of Embodied Lament in the Context of HIV and AIDS in South Africa -- A Lament for New Orleans -- Part 4: Retrospective/Prospective, Continuing Relevance -- Lament as Wake-up Call (Class Analysis and Historical Possibility) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors. 410 0$aSociety of Biblical Literature symposium series ;$vno. 43. 606 $aLaments in the Bible 606 $aElegiac poetry$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aLaments in the Bible. 615 0$aElegiac poetry$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a224/.306 701 $aLee$b Nancy C$01893487 701 $aMandolfo$b Carleen$01892789 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958785103321 996 $aLamentations in ancient and contemporary cultural contexts$94541821 997 $aUNINA