How Long to Read Lamentations

How Long Does it Take to Read Lamentations?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 43 minutes to read Lamentations by Gina Hens-Piazza

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Though the five poems of Lamentations undoubtedly refer to the Babylonian siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE, the multiple voices that narrate unspeakable suffering and labor to make sense of the surrounding horror do so at women’s expense. In the opening chapters, a prevailing metaphor of Jerusalem as a woman (Woman Zion) portrays a weeping widow, abandoned and alone, who soon becomes the target of blame for the downfall of the city and its inhabitants. Vague sexual improprieties craft the basis of her sinfulness, seemingly to justify her immense suffering as punishment. The...

How long is Lamentations?

Lamentations by Gina Hens-Piazza is 162 pages long, and a total of 40,824 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lamentations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Lamentations aloud.

What Reading Level is Lamentations?

Lamentations is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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