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Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible
About this book
The issue of personal loneliness is an acute challenge in the 21st century, and any response faces the initial problems of definition and language in discussing such intensely private matters. The essays in this volume turn to ancient prose and poetry in the search for such articulation, as the Hebrew Bible offers a deep pool for reflections about terminology, the diversity within the lonely crowd, and the overlap between loneliness and theology.
Always aware of the cultural divide between ancient and contemporary contexts, the contributors pursue an interdisciplinary path via areas such as psychology and sociology, while also focusing on the role of gender, ecology, or space, and exploring the spirituality of the Bible's lonely portrayals. This range of perspectives, and the wide scope of lonely individuals within the Hebrew Bible, raises awareness for the reality and complexity of loneliness and puts into words the pain, problems, and possibilities of this highly relevant phenomenon.
Always aware of the cultural divide between ancient and contemporary contexts, the contributors pursue an interdisciplinary path via areas such as psychology and sociology, while also focusing on the role of gender, ecology, or space, and exploring the spirituality of the Bible's lonely portrayals. This range of perspectives, and the wide scope of lonely individuals within the Hebrew Bible, raises awareness for the reality and complexity of loneliness and puts into words the pain, problems, and possibilities of this highly relevant phenomenon.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION Samuel Hildebrandt and Ekaterina E. Kozlova
- Chapter 1 ALONE, LONE, OR LONELY: ARE THERE LONELINESS LEXEMES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE?
- Chapter 2 THE SPATIALITY OF LONELINESS IN HAGAR’S STORY (GENESIS 16 AND 21)
- Chapter 3 THE LONELIEST OF ALL? THE WIDOW AND ORPHAN IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
- Chapter 4 “A DESOLATE WOMAN”: GENDER, ABUSE, ISOLATION, AND LONELINESS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
- Chapter 5 “TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE . . .” (QOH 4:9): “WORKPLACE” LONELINESS AND YHWH AS AN “EMPLOYER” IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
- Chapter 6 RECOGNIZING THE HIDDEN, AND MALICIOUSLY EXACERBATED, LONELINESS OF MEPHIBOSHETH
- Chapter 7 A HELPER-BEAST, BROTHER-JACKAL, AND DAUGHTER-LAMB: LONELY HUMANS AND COMPANIONATE ANIMALS IN HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS
- Chapter 8 ALONENESS IN THE PSALMS
- Chapter 9 GOOD TO BE ALONE: POSITIVE LONELINESS IN LAMENTATIONS 3 AND THE HEBREW BIBLE
- Chapter 10 THE LONELY GOD? PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE
- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
- INDEX OF REFERENCES