Table of Contents Preface LeAnn Snow Flesher and Carol J. Dempsey Abbreviations List of Contributors Part I Hear this Word that I Take up over You in Lamentation (Amos 5:1): Lamentation Themes in the Book of Amos Jason H. Radine, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor A Study of the References to BaT'-'ammi in Jer 8:18-23: A Gendered Lamentation Ahida Calder¿n Pilarski , Saint Anselm College Micah 1:1-16 and 7:1-10: A Poet's Cry of the Heart in the midst of Tragic Vision Carol J. Dempsey , University of Portland My God .Why? Questioning the Action and Inaction of YHWH in the Psalms Andrew Davies Boxed by the Orthodox: The Function of Lamentations 3:22-39 in the Message of the Book Walter C. Bouzard "Uttering Precious Rather than Worthless Words": Divine Patience and Impatience with Lament in Isaiah and Jeremiah Mark J. Boda , McMaster University A Critique Against God?: Reading Psalm 80 in the Context of Vindication Hee Suk Kim , Trinity Evangelical Divinity School One Good "Turn" Deserves Another? Rhetorical Strategy in Joel 2:12-17 Joel Barker Tricksters and Martyrs: Reading Daniel 9 as Lament within the Context of the Entire Book LeAnn Snow Flesher , American Baptist Seminary of the West/Graduate Theological Union Can the Unrighteous Lament? Lament Speech and Reconciliation Elna K. Solvang , Concordia College, Moorhead, MN The Poetic Beauty of Grief in Lamentations Victoria Hoffer , Yale University Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors.