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Lamentations (Paperback, New)
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Lamentations (Paperback, New)
Series: Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary
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Traditional scholarly commentaries aspire to open up biblical texts
in the light of their ancient social and cultural contexts. In this
commentary Robin Parry seeks to take the insights of such works
seriously yet also move far beyond them by considering Lamentations
within ever-expanding canonical and contemporary contexts. How do
the words of Lamentations resonate when read in the context of
Jeremiah? Or in the contexts of Isaiah 40-55, the New Testament,
the history of Christian anti-Semitism, or the suffering of victims
today? The question at the heart of this unusual engagement with
the text is -How can Lamentations function as Christian scripture?-
Parry argues that the key to answering this question is to follow
the ancient liturgical tradition of the church and to see the text
in the light of the death and resurrection of Israel's Messiah --
Jesus. According to Parry, Lamentations is Israel's Holy Saturday
literature -- the cries of those caught between the death of
Jerusalem and its resurrection. In this context Christians are able
to make connections between this anguished Israelite poetry, the
sufferings of Jesus, and the sufferings of the world. These
biblical-theological links have the potential to open up fresh and
imaginative theological, doxological, and pastoral encounters with
a sadly neglected biblical book.
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