Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Cognitive Linguistics and the "Idolatry-Is-Adultery" Metaphor of Jeremiah 3 by Barbara Green
Speaking of Speaking: The Form of Zion's Suffering in Lamentations by Jill Middlemas
Isaiah 40-55: A Judahite Reading Drama by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
The Fecundity of Fair Zion: Beauty and Fruitfulness as Spiritual Fulfillment by Stephen L. Cook
Daughter Zion: Metaphor and Dialogue in the Book of Lamentations by Mary L. Conway
Yhwh as Jealous Husband: Abusive Authoritarian or Passionate Protector? A Reexamination of a Prophetic Image by Brittany Kim
Zion's Plea That God See Her as She Sees Herself: Unanswered Prayer in Lamentations 1-2 by John F. Hobbins
The Daughter of Zion Goes Fishing in Heaven by Michael H. Floyd
Ezekiel 16—Shared Memory of Yhwh's Relationship with Jerusalem: A Story of Fraught Expectations by Mignon R. Jacobs
Zion's Body as a Site of God's Motherhood in Isaiah 66:7-14 by Christl M. Maier
Demonized Children and Traumatized, Battered Wives: Daughter Zion as Biblical Metaphor of Domestic and Sexual Violence by Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
Mission Not Impossible: Justifying Zion's Destruction and Exonerating the Common Survivors by Kim Lan Nguyen
Daughter Zion: Codependent No More by LeAnn Snow Flesher
The Daughter's Joy by Mark J. Boda
"Whose God Is This Anyway?" A Response to Carleen Mandolfo by Carol J. Dempsey
Daughter Zion Talks Back to Her Interlocutors by Carleen Mandolfo
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors