The Book of Lamentations (The New International Commentary on the Old Testament | NICOT)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
The book of Lamentations is one of the most vivid representations of grief and trauma in the Hebrew Bible. Written in the wake of the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian Empire, it is comprised of five poems of twenty-two stanzas each, in a manner of tight formal unity unparalleled by any other work in the Scriptures.
In this volume, widely respected Old Testament scholar John Goldingay analyzes these and other aspects of Lamentations while keeping a constant eye on the book’s meaning and use as Christian Scripture. After a thorough introduction that explores matters of background, composition, and theology, Goldingay provides an original translation of the book from the Masoretic text along with verse-by-verse commentary.
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- Provides an original translation of the book from the Masoretic text along with verse-by-verse commentary
- Features a thorough introduction that explores matters of background, composition, and theology
- Focuses on the book’s meaning and use as Christian Scripture
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Introduction
- Background
- Unity of Composition
- Authorship and Date
- ccasion, Place of Origin, and Destination
- Canonicity
- The Hebrew Text
- Theology
- Main Themes and Their Implications
- Analysis of Contents
Text and Commentary
- Lamentations 1: Is There Pain Like My Pain?
- Lamentations 2: He Poured Out His Wrath Like Fire
- Lamentations 3: Perhaps There Is Hope
- Lamentations 4: He Lit a Fire in Zion
- Lamentations 5: Be Mindful, Yahweh