“Israel's experience of and reaction to exile greatly illuminate our own situation in faith and culture. For us too the old answers no longer hold. […] Frantic attempts to […] ground faith in a precritical view of Scripture indicate just how pervasive the silence of God has become. No one escapes this exile.” Old TestamentHebrew Scriptures Book:Israel in Exile: A Theological Interpretation Source: Israel in Exile: A Theological Interpretation