Calling the Keeners: The Image of the Wailing Woman As Symbol of Survival in a Traumatized World

Claassens explores how the image of the keeners, or wailing women, who in Jeremiah 9:17–20 are called by God to raise a lament over the beleaguered people of Judah, serves as a powerful symbol of survival of an injured people seeking to come to terms with the tragedy that had befallen them. Employin...

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Main Author: Claassens, L. Juliana M. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2010
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-77
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