Exile and suffering [electronic resource] : a selection of papers read at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Old Testament Society of South Africa OTWSA/OTSSA, Pretoria, August 2007 / edited by Bob Becking and Dirk Human.

Sin, suffering, and sagacity : Genesis 2-3 / Gerda de Villiers
Suffering and hope during the Exile / Jurie Le Roux
Suffering from formlessness : the ban on images in Exilic times / Matthias Köckert
Interrupting God-language : rethinking the image of God as liberator in Isaiah 42 / L. Juliana M. Claassens
Myth, metaphor or memory? the allusions to Creation and Exodus in Isaiah 51:9-11 as a theological response to suffering during the Exile / Hendrik Bosman
The assassination of Gedaliah (Jer. 40:7-41:18) / Eric Peels
Perspective after the Exile : the King, [ʻvdj], 'My servant' in Jeremiah : some reflections on MT and LXX / Raymond de Hoop
Exile in Hosea 9:3-6 : where and for what purpose? / Gert Kwakkel
Perverse delight : some observations on an unpleasant theme in the Old Testament / Klaas Spronk
Exile and pain : a chapter from the story of God's emotions / Eep Talstra
Does exile equal suffering? a fresh look at Psalm 137 / Bob Becking
The poetics of exile and suffering : memory and perceptions : a cognitive-linguistics study of Lamentations / Yehoshua Gitay
The Exile as Sabbath rest : the Chronicler's interpretation of the Exile / Louis Jonker
Lamenting the loss of lament, the language for our times / Frances Klopper
Interpreting 'the Exile' in African Biblical scholarship : an ideo-theological dilemma in post-colonial South Africa / Gerald West.