Great Is Thy Faithfulness?

by Parry, Robin A.; Thomas, Heath A.

• ISBN13: 9781610974530
• ISBN10: 1610974530
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-22
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

Lamentations is a book that has never had a place of honor at the table of Christian spirituality. This is an unfortunate state of affairs because its challenging poetry has much to offer. This volume explores the how the biblical book of Lamentations may be engaged afresh so that it can function as Holy Scripture for the ekklesia.

Author Biography

Robin A. Parry is an Editor at Wipf and Stock Publishers. He is the author of a commentary on Lamentations in the Two Horizons series. Heath A. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Old Testament Hebrew at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is author of Poetry Theology in Lamentations: The Aesthetics of an Open Text (Sheffield Phoenix Press, forthcoming).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. xi
Holy Scripture and Hermeneutics: Lamentations in Critical and Theological Reflection	p. 1
Outrageous Demonstrations of Grace: The Theology of Lamentations	p. 26
Soundings in Jewish Reception History
Lamentations in Isaiah 40-55	p. 55
The Character and Significance of LXX Lamentations	p. 64
Targum Lamentations	p. 70
Lamentations Rabbati	p. 77
Introduction to Rashi's Commentary on Lamentations	p. 83
Lamentations in Jewish Liturgy	p. 88
Lamentations in Modern Jewish Thought	p. 92
Soundings in Messianic Jewish Reception History
Holocaust Theology in the Light of Yeshua? Messianic Jewish Reception of Eikah	p. 101
Soundings in Christian Reception History
Lamentations in the Patristic Period	p. 113
Christian Interpretation of Lamentations in the Middle Ages	p. 120
John Calvin's Interpretation of Lamentations	p. 125
Lamentations for the Lord: Great and Holy Friday in the Greek Orthodox Church	p. 131
Lamentations and Christian Worship	p. 139
Soundings in Artistic and Contemporary Reception
Musical Responses to Lamentations	p. 147
Lamentations in Rembrandt van Rijn: "Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem"	p. 154
Psychological Approaches to Lamentations	p. 161
Feminist Interpretation(s) of Lamentations	p. 166
Wrestling with Lamentations in Christian Worship	p. 175
Confession and Complaint: Christian Pastoral Reflections on Lamentations	p. 198
A Translation of LXX Lamentations	p. 211
A Translation of Targum Lamentations	p. 228
Lamentations Rabbati on Lamentations 3:1-21	p. 248
Rashi on Lamentations 3:1-21	p. 264
Calvin on Lamentations 3:1-23	p. 267
Index of Scripture	p. 279
Index of Names	p. 287
Index of Subjects	p. 291
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