"A wonderful resource for non-specialist students of the Bible! Fr. John Hill brings fresh insight, passion, and erudition to Constructing Exile , a superb primer that teachers will appreciate as a companion volume in their undergraduate, seminary, and graduate courses on the Bible. I will use it in mine!" --Louis Stulman, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Findlay "This is a timely study on an enduring topic. As John Hill points out in the introduction, exile is not something that happened only to Israel 2,500 years ago. It has been the experience of many over the centuries and continues today. Israel's reflection on its own experience led to what he describes as 'the development of the paradigm of exile'; a development that this book unfolds in a clear and engaging manner." --Mark A. O'Brien, OP, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia.