In this biblical commentary on the Song of Songs and Lamentations, Nancy C. Lee presents a thorough analysis of these poetic books, with special attention to their gendered voices. She identifies a signature feature of female Hebraic composing in these books and in other biblical texts. The volume includes numerous examples of historic and contemporary expressions of love poetry and lament lyrics, from contexts of human suffering with concerns for social justice across many cultures.
Nancy C. Lee is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Religious Studies at Elmhurst University near Chicago, where she has taught since 1999. She has spent many years committed to immersion and working in communities and cultures that have experienced oppression and suffering, including as a Fulbright Fellow to Croatia in 1996/1997, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in South Africa, and among Native American communities. An editor and co-editor of books, she has written numerous essays, including for the multivolume series The Bible and Women: An Encyclopaedia of Exegesis and Cultural History. Among the books she has authored are Hannevi’ah and Hannah: Hearing Women Biblical Prophets in a Women’s Lyrical Tradition and Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation.
In this biblical commentary on the Song of Songs and Lamentations, Nancy C. Lee presents a thorough analysis of these poetic books, with special attention to their gendered voices. She identifies a signature feature of female Hebraic composing in these books and in other biblical texts. The volume includes numerous examples of historic and contemporary expressions of love poetry and lament lyrics, from contexts of human suffering with concerns for social justice across many cultures.
Nancy C. Lee is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Religious Studies at Elmhurst University near Chicago, where she has taught since 1999. She has spent many years committed to immersion and working in communities and cultures that have experienced oppression and suffering, including as a Fulbright Fellow to Croatia in 1996/1997, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in South Africa, and among Native American communities. An editor and co-editor of books, she has written numerous essays, including for the multivolume series The Bible and Women: An Encyclopaedia of Exegesis and Cultural History. Among the books she has authored are Hannevi’ah and Hannah: Hearing Women Biblical Prophets in a Women’s Lyrical Tradition and Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation.
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