Who is lamentations about

Author: The Book of Lamentations does not explicitly identify its author. The tradition is that the Prophet Jeremiah wrote Lamentations. This view is highly likely considering the author was a witness of the Babylonians destroying Jerusalem. Jeremiah fits this qualification 2 Chronicles ; The Prophet Jeremiah, an eyewitness to these events, wrote the Book of Lamentations as a lament for what occurred to Judah and Jerusalem. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes.

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Several general overviews offer succinct introductions to the book of Lamentations itself and the scholarship related to it.

The most useful of these are Joyce and Hillers Gwaltney provides a brief history of interpretation. Bailey offers a useful introduction for more theologically oriented readers, while Landy provides a literary introduction. Bailey, Wilma Ann. Edited by Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page Jr. Coomber, — Minneapolis: Fortress, Offers a highly accessible overview of the text in its ancient context, the interpretive tradition, and contemporary Jewish and Christian communities.

Gwaltney, William C. Edited by John H. Hayes, 44— Nashville: Abingdon, Provides an overview of the major issues in the history of Lamentations scholarship, focusing not only on 20th-century scholarship, but also including interpreters from late Antiquity onward.

Hillers, Delbert R. Edited by David Noel Freedman, — New York: Doubleday, A standard scholarly introduction to the major issues in Lamentations research, though now somewhat dated; particularly useful for historical-critical issues. A God Who Hears The book of Lamentations is a collection of funeral poems offered on behalf of Jerusalem after its destruction by Babylon.

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