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"Who will lament her?" [electronic resource] : the feminine and the fantastic in the book of Nahum / Laurel Lanner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 434. | Playing the texts ; 11. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: New York : T & T Clark, c2006.Description: 1 online resource (x, 270 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567543974 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567543978 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: "Who will lament her?".DDC classification:
  • 224/.9406082 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1625.52 .L36 2006eb
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Contents:
Issues in Nahum and Oracles Against the Nations studies -- The religious and political extra-text of Nahum -- Reading Nahum for gender and identity -- The presence of the feminine in Nahum : selected exegesis -- The fantastic -- The fantastic and Nahum.
Summary: It is not surprising that non-academic bible readers largely ignore Nahum. Comprising only a few pages, it is easily overlooked in the midst of the twelve Minor Prophets. When a reader does stop in passing, the book appears to be brief, brutish, and uncomfortably violent. Looking more closely, however, readers may observe echoes of other much greater prophets, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, perhaps even of the Psalms, and conclude that the book is a rather second-rate pastiche of other writings, although some rather brilliant poetry is woven into it. Who Will Lament Her? takes a fresh look at Nah.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and indexes.

Issues in Nahum and Oracles Against the Nations studies -- The religious and political extra-text of Nahum -- Reading Nahum for gender and identity -- The presence of the feminine in Nahum : selected exegesis -- The fantastic -- The fantastic and Nahum.

It is not surprising that non-academic bible readers largely ignore Nahum. Comprising only a few pages, it is easily overlooked in the midst of the twelve Minor Prophets. When a reader does stop in passing, the book appears to be brief, brutish, and uncomfortably violent. Looking more closely, however, readers may observe echoes of other much greater prophets, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, perhaps even of the Psalms, and conclude that the book is a rather second-rate pastiche of other writings, although some rather brilliant poetry is woven into it. Who Will Lament Her? takes a fresh look at Nah.

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