RT Article
T1 Naming Jerusalem: Poetry and the Identity of the Personified City in Lamentations 1-2
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 46
IS 1
SP 64
OP 78
A1 Wendland, Kristin J.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1773316168
AB The order, frequency and variety of names given the personified city in Lamentations 1-2 enhances a sense of readerly empathy that the personification of the city imbues. In the first stanza of Lamentations 1, the names for the personified figure are ordered such that the most specific name appears in the description of the most personal violence. In Lamentations 2, the personified city is named with a similar frequency to the violent and angry language used to describe the deity. Combined with an increased use of endearment terms, this violence requires readers to hold together both the violence and the deep relationship between the city and her God.
K1 Personification
K1 Daughter Zion
K1 Lamentations
DO 10.1177/0309089221998388