{"product_id":"lamentations-30-gina-hens-piazza-9780814681541","title":"Lamentations: Volume 30","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough the five poems of Lamentations undoubtedly refer to the Babylonian siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE, the multiple voices that narrate unspeakable suffering and labor to make sense of the surrounding horror do so at women's expense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the opening chapters, a prevailing metaphor of Jerusalem as a woman (Woman Zion) portrays a weeping widow, abandoned and alone, who soon becomes the target of blame for the downfall of the city and its inhabitants. Vague sexual improprieties craft the basis of her sinfulness, seemingly to justify her immense suffering as punishment. The damning effect of such a metaphor finds company in subsequent accounts of women, young girls, and mothers--all victims of the destruction recorded therein. But this feminist interpretation of Lamentations does not stop at merely documenting the case against women; it also demonstrates how such texts can serve as sources of strength by lifting up portraits of courageous resistance amid the rubble of misogynist landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Hens-Piazza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814681549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814681541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Gina Hens-Piazza","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947314774271,"sku":"9780814681541","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_69759e6b-d3ae-4ac6-83b8-5dbb924ba99b.jpg?v=1681517987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lamentations-30-gina-hens-piazza-9780814681541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}