Leann Snow Flesher

Why?... How Long?: Studies on Voice (s) of Lamentation Rooted in Biblical Hebrew Poetry - The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies Leann Snow Flesher

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2014.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; This volume is born out of two years of academic presentations on laments in the biblical Hebrew poetry section at the Society of Biblical Literature (2006-2007). The topics of these papers are gathered around the theme of 'voice'. Biographical Note: Carol J. Dempsey, OP, is Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies/Old Testament) at the University of Portland, USA. LeAnn Snow Flesher is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, USA, and Professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, USA. Mark J. Boda is Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Canada. Table of Contents: Table of Contents Preface LeAnn Snow Flesher and Carol J. Dempsey Abbreviations List of Contributors Part I Hear this Word that I Take up over You in Lamentation (Amos 5:1): Lamentation Themes in the Book of Amos Jason H. Radine, University of Michigan-Ann ArborA Study of the References to BaT'-'ammi in Jer 8:18-23: A Gendered Lamentation Ahida Calderon Pilarski, Saint Anselm CollegeMicah 1:1-16 and 7:1-10: A Poet's Cry of the Heart in the midst of Tragic Vision Carol J. Dempsey, University of PortlandMy God ... Why? Questioning the Action and Inaction of YHWH in the Psalms Andrew Davies Boxed by the Orthodox: The Function of Lamentations 3:22-39 in the Message of the Book Walter C. Bouzard"Uttering Precious Rather than Worthless Words": Divine Patience and Impatience with Lament in Isaiah and Jeremiah Mark J. Boda, McMaster UniversityA Critique Against God?: Reading Psalm 80 in the Context of Vindication Hee Suk Kim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolOne Good "Turn" Deserves Another? Rhetorical Strategy in Joel 2:12-17 Joel BarkerTricksters and Martyrs: Reading Daniel 9 as Lament within the Context of the Entire Book LeAnn Snow Flesher, American Baptist Seminary of the West/Graduate Theological UnionCan the Unrighteous Lament? Lament Speech and Reconciliation Elna K. Solvang, Concordia College, Moorhead, MNThe Poetic Beauty of Grief in Lamentations Victoria Hoffer, Yale UniversityBibliography Index of References Index of Authors"Publisher Marketing: This volume is born out of two years of academic presentations on laments in the Biblical Hebrew Poetry Section at the Society of Biblical Literature (2006-2007). The topics of these papers are gathered around the theme of "voice." The two parts to this volume: 1) provide fresh readings of familiar texts as they are read through the lens of lamentation, and 2) deepen our understanding of Israel and God as lamenter and lamentee. In the second section the focus on topics such as Israel's "unbelieving faith" (i.e., strong accusations against the God on whom they have complete reliance and trust), the unrighteous lamenter, and God's acceptance and rejection of the people's lament(s), deepens our understanding of Israel's culture and practice of lamentation. The final essay notes how the expression of despair is in tension with the poetic devices that contain it.

Contributor Bio:  Flesher, LeAnn Snow LeAnn Snow Flesher, M. Div, Ph. D., is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, USA (since 1993) and is currently working as Professor of Old Testament at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (a member school of the Graduate Theological Union) in Berkeley, California. Contributor Bio:  Boda, Mark J Mark J. Boda (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. An ordained minister, he enjoys regular preaching opportunities across Canada. He is the author of Praying the Tradition and the editor of a collection of scholarly essays on Zechariah 9-14, Bringing Out the Treasure. Contributor Bio:  Dempsey, Carol J Carol J. Dempsey, OP is professor of biblical studies at the University of Portland, Oregon, with special expertise in Old Testament and prophets. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America, and has authored several books including Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth (Liturgical Press, 2007) and Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict.