This study takes Lamentations as an integrated unity of form and content, and considers the mini-acrostic in Lam 5:19-20 as crucial for the interpretation of the whole book. It applies a holistic approach and a dialogic interpretation to the book of Lamentations. This dissertati…
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Poem prayers in the book of Jeremiah use strong, sometimes accusatory, language, in the first person, in speaking to God. They stand out from the rest of the book, with little or no connection to preceding and following sections. The traditional list includes Jeremiah 11:18-20, …
Past investigations of Israel's "murmurings" in the wilderness of Sinai have typically concluded that these "complaints" were acts of faithlessness and rebellion. In his work Rebellion in the Wilderness: The Murmuring Motif in the Wilderness Traditions, George W. Coats populariz…
This project begins by suggesting that the question posed by the Hebrews in exile—“How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137)—is descriptive for individuals who experience loss. In the experience of loss, the securities of a life one has known, even of God…
In recent decades, biblical scholars, liturgical theologians, and church musicians (among others) have called for the recovery of lament in Christian worship, praising the stark honesty, authentic relationship, and stubborn hope characteristic of this ancient practice of prayer.…
This thesis explores the role of lament and praise in the respective theological approaches of Walter Brueggemann and David Ford for the purpose of examining how Christian faith transforms human response to suffering. The first three chapters trace Brueggemann’s engagement with …
The aim of this dissertation is to advance the exegesis of Ezekiel's obscure lament over the King of Tyre (28:11–19) by examining it from a number of perspectives. Because of the passage's numerous textual and interpretive difficulties, the study begins with a detailed discussio…
The destruction of some of the most important cities of Mesopotamia and their shrines are lamented in what is known as the Mesopotamian city-lament genre. Recent scholarship has shown that the Hebrew Bible has its own city-lament genre found in the book of Lamentations and in th…
Psalm 88’s unmitigated cry of anguish, despair, and abandonment has presented a unique theological problem for commentators. From a form critical perspective, the psalm’s most distinctive feature is the absence of a closing vow of praise or certainty of hearing that is a definin…