Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 11 December 2025
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9780567714442
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Long description:
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.
Table of Contents:
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Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One: Lone, Lonely, Alone: Are There Loneliness Lexemes in the Hebrew Bible? - Sonja Noll, Pontificia Universidad Catï¿1⁄2lica de Chile, Chile
Chapter Two: The Spatiality of Loneliness in Hagar's Story (Genesis 16, 21) - Karolien Vermeulen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Chapter Three: The Loneliest of All? The Widow and Orphan in the Hebrew Bible - Christie Gilfeather, University of Cambridge, UK
Chapter Four: ""A Desolate Woman"": Gender, Isolation and Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible - Holly Morse, University of Manchester, UK
Chapter Five: ""Two are Better than One..."" (QOH 4:9): ""Workplace"" Loneliness and YHWH as an ""Employer"" in the Hebrew Bible - Ekaterina Kozlova, King's College London, UK
Chapter Six: Recognizing the Hidden, and Maliciously Exacerbated, Loneliness Of Mephibosheth- Heather A. McKay, Edge Hill College, UK
Chapter Seven: A Helper-Beast, Brother-Jackal, and Daughter-Lamb: Lonely Humans and Companionate Animals in Hebrew Bible - Suzanna Miller, University of Edinburgh, UK
Chapter Eight: Aloneness in the Psalms - Philip Johnston, University of Cambridge, UK
Chapter Nine: Good to be Alone: Positive Loneliness in Lamentations 3 and the Hebrew Bible - Samuel Hildebrandt, Nazarene Theological College, UK
Chapter Ten: The Lonely God? Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible - David Reimer, University of St. Andrews, UK
Index of Modern Authors
Index of References
