by Kathleen H. O'Connor (Author), Walter Brueggemann (Foreword by)
Explores the book of Lamentations and its meaning for faith and ministry today.
The five poems that comprise Lamentations tell of the community's pain in the aftermath of Jerusalem's destruction.
Author Biography
Kathleen M. O'Connor is author of several books including The Wisdom Literature (Liturgical Press, 1990), Jeremiah: Pain and Promise, and Lamentations and the Tears of the World. She is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, emerita, at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, and also taught at the Maryknoll School of Theology in Ossining, New York. She is active in the Catholic Biblical Association of America and the Society of Biblical Literature.
Number of Pages: 156
Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.76 x 6.02 IN
Publication Date: June 15, 2004
