{"product_id":"lamentations-through-the-centuries-by-diana-lipton-9781119673873","title":"Lamentations Through the Centuries","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is informative, thought-provoking, and - despite being a commentary - holds the reader's attention. It made me appreciate \u003ci\u003eLamentations\u003c\/i\u003e in a new way. To be recommended.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Swedish Exegetical Yearbook\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the shortest books in the Bible, \u003ci\u003eLamentations\u003c\/i\u003e exercises a disproportionately powerful cultural influence. As an unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war, it has been called upon again and again by Jews, Christians, and others in their responses to catastrophes as varied as the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, the Great Fire of London, the Holocaust and 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering two-and-a-half millennia of liturgy and literature, theology and psychology, art, music and film, this volume explores the astonishing variety of cultural and religious responses to \u003ci\u003eLamentations\u003c\/i\u003e. It takes in the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Yehudah Halevy, John Calvin, and Thomas Tallis, as well as the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall, Cynthia Ozick, Alice Miller, and Zimbabwean junk sculpture. Viewed through this kaleidoscope of sources, the ancient biblical text acquires a vital and resonant new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamentations Through the Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e is published within the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series. Further information about this innovative reception history series is available at \u003cb\u003ewww.bbibcomm.info\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471068184812,"sku":"9781119673873","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781119673873-lamentations-through-the-centuries.jpg?v=1775232204","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lamentations-through-the-centuries-by-diana-lipton-9781119673873","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}