Exile and suffering  a selection of papers read at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Old Testament Society of South Africa OTWSA/OTSSA, Pretoria, August 2007 /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Bob Becking and Dirk Human. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2009. 
 - xvii, 280 p. :  ill. 
 - Oudtestamentische studien =  Old Testament studies,  v. 50  0169-7226 ; .
 - Oudtestamentische studien ;  d. 50. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sin, suffering, and sagacity : Genesis 2-3 / Gerda de Villiers -- Suffering and hope during the Exile / Jurie Le Roux -- Suffering from formlessness : the ban on images in Exilic times / Matthias Kockert -- Interrupting God-language : rethinking the image of God as liberator in Isaiah 42 / L. Juliana M. Claassens -- Myth, metaphor or memory? the allusions to Creation and Exodus in Isaiah 51:9-11 as a theological response to suffering during the Exile / Hendrik Bosman -- The assassination of Gedaliah (Jer. 40:7-41:18) / Eric Peels -- Perspective after the Exile : the King, [vdj], 'My servant' in Jeremiah : some reflections on MT and LXX / Raymond de Hoop -- Exile in Hosea 9:3-6 : where and for what purpose? / Gert Kwakkel -- Perverse delight : some observations on an unpleasant theme in the Old Testament / Klaas Spronk -- Exile and pain : a chapter from the story of God's emotions / Eep Talstra -- Does exile equal suffering? a fresh look at Psalm 137 / Bob Becking -- The poetics of exile and suffering : memory and perceptions : a cognitive-linguistics study of Lamentations / Yehoshua Gitay -- The Exile as Sabbath rest : the Chronicler's interpretation of the Exile / Louis Jonker -- Lamenting the loss of lament, the language for our times / Frances Klopper -- Interpreting 'the Exile' in African Biblical scholarship : an ideo-theological dilemma in post-colonial South Africa / Gerald West. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.<br/>Bible.--O.T.--History of Biblical events--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C.--Congresses.<br/>Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.--Congresses.<br/>Suffering--Biblical teaching--Congresses.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1197  / .E95 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.6