[LHBOTS] Mills' Alterity, Pain, and Suffering in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel Reviewed

RBL has posted a review of Mary E. Mills' LHBOTS volume Alterity, Pain, and Suffering in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, Vol. 479 written by Hallvard Hagelia of Ansgar College and Theological Seminary in Kristiansand, Norway.

A quick excerpt...

Is this kind of postmodern Bible reading really valid? Of course! But I will still argue that the basis for all biblical theology should be detailed exegesis, a close and expository reading of the texts. On this basis, a more subtle application could be excerpted. Mills will probably say that this close reading has already been done; it was her homework, before this book was written. Nevertheless, this is a book bridging in a postmodern way exegesis, ethics, and philosophy of religion. Here is much material for further work and investigation into life’s difficult questions—alterity, pain and suffering—questions that someday will catch up with all of us.

The book is very well written, in fluent language that nonetheless demands close attention
by the reader, at least readers not so accustomed to its rather philosophical or
phenomenological language. This is a deep dive, a rather underneath-the-actual-text
analysis. Already the first word of the title, “alterity,” is not found in, for example, The
New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language (2003),
but linked with pain and suffering, the idea soon emerges.

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excellent book, i think i need to buy one.