Trouble and Woe: Interpreting the Biblical Laments

Interpretation 37 (1):32-45 (1983)
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The typically vivid and vague way in which the Old Testament prayers of lament describe the predicament of the one who prays is both a problem and an opportunity for their interpreter

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10.1177/002096438303700104

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