Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible / edited by Samuel Hildebrandt and Ekaterina E. Kozlova.
| Other author | Hildebrandt, Samuel, editor. |
| Other author | Kozlova, Ekaterina E., 1975- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xii, 231 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; T&T Clark library of biblical studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 718. ^A689319 T & T Clark library of biblical studies. ^A796149 |
| Contents | Alone, lone, or lonely : are there loneliness lexemes in the Hebrew Bible / Sonja Noll -- The spatiality of loneliness in Hagar's story (Genesis 16 and 21) / Karolien Vermeulen -- The loneliest of all? : the widow and orphan in the Hebrew Bible / Christie Gilfeather -- "A desolate woman" : gender, abuse, isolation, and loneliness in the Hebrew Bible / Holly Morse -- "Two are better than one..." (Qoh 4:9) : "workplace" loneliness and YHWH as an "employer" in the Hebrew Bible / Ekaterina E. Kozlova -- Recognizing the hidden, and maliciously exacerbated, loneliness of Mephibosheth / Heather A. McKay -- A helper-beast, brother-jackal, and daughter-lamb: lonely humans and companionate animals in Hebrew Bible texts / Suzanna Miller -- Aloneness in the Psalms / Philip S. Johnston -- Good to be alone : positive loneliness in Lamentations 3 and the Hebrew Bible / Samuel Hildebrandt -- The lonely God? : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible / David J. Reimer. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2025020449 |
| ISBN | 9780567714442 |
| ISBN | 0567714446 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (electronic publication) |
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