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ISBN-13: | 9781610974530 |
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Publisher: | Pickwick Publications |
Publication date: | 09/22/2011 |
Pages: | 310 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Heath A. Thomas holds a PhD from the University of Gloucestershire. He is Director of PhD Studies and Associate Professor of Old Testament & Hebrew at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He is also Fellow in Old Testament Studies at The Paideia Centre for Public Theology in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Poetry and Theology in Lamentations and co-editor of Great is Thy Faithfulness? Toward Reading Lamentations as Christian Scripture (Pickwick Press). He has also co-edited Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem. He has forthcoming volumes on Habakkuk and the Minor Prophets.
What People are Saying About This
"The question mark in this title points to the fact that sadness, loss, and grief are now the order of the day in Western culture. For that reason the book of Lamentations now draws great attention and energy among us. This book, with its long historical sweep of interpretations and its broad ecumenical reach in rereading Lamentations, is sure to become a point of reference for our continuing response to the question. The question of the title requires endless, continuing engagement among us. These pages provide guides and models for continuing answering."
-Walter Brueggemann
Columbia Theological Seminary
"The essays in Great is Thy Faithfulness? focus upon one question: How is Lamentations a word of God? Responses are deep, rich, and many. They draw from interpretations, contemporary and ancient, Jewish and Christian, and from the arts, pastoral care, and liturgical usage. They reveal how Lamentations has been and can be embraced by believers. For pastors and classrooms, this book promises to stir up conversation, questions, and faith."
-Kathleen M. O'Connor
Columbia Theological Seminary