Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible by Samuel Hildebrandt
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.
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The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4
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From Law to Prophecy
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Was Noah Good?
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Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play
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Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Texts
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The Making of the Pentateuch
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The Faces of David
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Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets
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Culture, Entertainment, and the Bible
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Isaiah 34-35
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Lot, His Daughters, and Their Descendants Moab and Ammon
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The Origins of Biblical Israel
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The Rise and Fall of the Monarchy in the Book of Chronicles
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Identity and the Hebrew Bible: Self-Definition and the Other
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Archaeology, History and Heritage of the Southern Levant
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Allusion and Meaning in Judges and Ruth
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Jephthah’s Daughter in the Bible and Reception
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Adoption in the Hebrew Bible
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Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible
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Divine Masculinity in the Book of Samuel
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Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry
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The Figure of the Widow in the Hebrew Bible
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Introducing a Hermeneutics of Cispicion
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Envisioning Writing
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On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond
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Ethical God-Talk in the Book of Job
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Inner Biblical Allusion in the Poetry of Wisdom and Psalms
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The Sin of the Calf
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Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15
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Pre-Exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and Archaeology
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Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually
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Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond
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On Her Account
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Concerning the Nations
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Still Selling the Righteous
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Religion in Ancient Israel
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History in Disguise
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Violence against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible
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Tracing the Ritual Body
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Graded Holiness
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Jerusalem as Contested Space in Ezekiel
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Crossing the Jordan
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Leshon Limmudim
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By the Irrigation Canals of Babylon
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The Performative Dimensions of Rhetorical Questions in the Hebrew Bible
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Exploring the Narrative
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God's Holy People
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Judahite Burial Practices and Beliefs about the Dead
Samuel Hildebrandt is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, UK.
Ekaterina E. Kozlova is Old Testament Lecturer at London School of Theology, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780567714442 |
| ISBN 10 | 0567714446 |
| Title | Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible |
| Author | Samuel Hildebrandt |
| Series | The Library Of Hebrew Bible Old Testament Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | T&T Clark (UK) |
| Year published | 2025-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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