Author
Assis Elie Assis
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Publisher
Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published
May 2022
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Author
Assis Elie Assis
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published
May 2022
£64.69
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Lamentations: From Despair to Prayer
Today's Price £64.69
The destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in the sixth century bce brought its inhabitants pain, a feeling of abandonment by God, and the loss of self-identity-and engendered the six poems of the book of Lamentations. Previous studies of the book have sought for its theological centre, or have read the book solely as an expression of grief, but in this innovative interpretation Elie Assis claims that its main aim is to impart hope to its exiled readers.
The intention of Lamentations is to transport the mourners from despair to prayer, and to offer its assurance that the destruction must only be temporary because God has not severed his covenant with the people. The people's wish to feel themselves desired by God can be fulfilled, and the divine commitment is forever binding.
Through his sensitive literary analysis Assis lays bare a progression of thought within each poem and as well from poem to poem; it is a movement, theological and emotional, from despair in the first poem to prayer and hope in the last.
Author
Assis Elie Assis
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published
May 2022
Weight
632g
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 20 mm
ISBN
9781914490118
ISBN-10
1914490118
Eden Code
5691126
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Author/Creator: Assis Elie Assis
ISBN: 9781914490118
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Release Date: May 2022
Weight: 632g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Eden Code: 5691126