The Fulfilment of Doom: The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and Pre-Exilic/Early Exilic Prophetic Literature

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: O'Connor, Kathleen M | Copyright information

ELIZABETH BOASE, The Fulfilment of Doom: The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and Pre-Exilic/Early Exilic Prophetic Literature (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 437; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. x + 268. $145.

Despite its exorbitant price, Boase's revised dissertation (2003, directed by Sue Boorer) is important for scholars of Lamentations, prophecy, and the interactions between them. B. contributes by summarizing recent scholarship on Lamentatio...

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