| The Book of Lamentations Contributor(s): Goldingay, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802825427 ISBN-13: 9780802825421 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - Poetry & Wisdom Literature - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 224.307 |
| LCCN: 2021028284 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.15 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |