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Carol J. Dempsey, OP, is Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies/Old Testament) at the University of Portland, USA.LeAnn Snow Flesher is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, USA, and Professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, USA.Mark J. Boda is Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Canada.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceLeAnn Snow Flesher and Carol J. DempseyAbbreviationsList of ContributorsPart I Hear this Word that I Take up over You in Lamentation (Amos 5:1): Lamentation Themes in the Book of AmosJason H. Radine, University of Michigan-Ann ArborA Study of the References to BaT'-'ammi in Jer 8:18-23: A Gendered LamentationAhida Calderón Pilarski, Saint Anselm CollegeMicah 1:1-16 and 7:1-10: A Poet's Cry of the Heart in the midst of Tragic VisionCarol J. Dempsey, University of PortlandMy God ...Why? Questioning the Action and Inaction of YHWH in the PsalmsAndrew Davies Boxed by the Orthodox: The Function of Lamentations 3:22-39 in the Message of the BookWalter C. Bouzard"Uttering Precious Rather than Worthless Words": Divine Patience and Impatience with Lament in Isaiah and JeremiahMark J. Boda, McMaster University A Critique Against God?: Reading Psalm 80 in the Context of VindicationHee Suk Kim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolOne Good "Turn" Deserves Another? Rhetorical Strategy in Joel 2:12-17Joel BarkerTricksters and Martyrs: Reading Daniel 9 as Lament within the Context of the Entire BookLeAnn Snow Flesher, American Baptist Seminary of the West/Graduate Theological UnionCan the Unrighteous Lament? Lament Speech and ReconciliationElna K. Solvang, Concordia College, Moorhead, MNThe Poetic Beauty of Grief in LamentationsVictoria Hoffer, Yale UniversityBibliographyIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors