LAMENTATIONS

book of the Bible, placed immediately after Jeremiah, to whose author it has been ascribed since ancient times. It was probably composed by several authors. It is a series of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon. Each of the the first four poems is an alphabetical acrostic, the third having three verses to the letter, instead of one. The book begins with dirges, followed by a psalm of lament with expressions of trust. The psalm is followed by another dirge expressing grief and longing for divine intervention. It concludes with a lament and a prayer for the restoration of the fortunes of Jerusalem.

See study by D. R. Hillers (rev. ed. 1992). See also bibliography under Old Testament.

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Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations
Book by Erhard S. Gerstenberger; Eerdmans, 2001
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Lamentations--Commentaries, Bible--O.T--Lamentations--Criticism, Form, Bible--O.T--Psalms--Commentaries, Bible--O.T--Psalms--Criticism, Form
...Form and Message in Lamentations, ZAW 97 (1985...S. N. Kramer, Lamentation over the Destruction...Influ- ence upon Lamentations, VT 18 (1968) 198...Michalowski, The Lamentation over the Destruction...The Rhetoric of Lamentations and the Representation...
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Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature
Book by Galit Hasan-Rokem, Batya Stein; Stanford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Folklore In Rabbinical Literature, Midrash Rabbah--Lamentations--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...173 Proverbs 18:21, 106 Song of Songs 1:8, 120 Song of Songs 5:16, 116 Lamentations 1:1, 45 , 57 , 58 , 134 Lamentations 1:5, 171 Lamentations 1:16, 34 , 117 , 139 Lamentations 1:17, 135 Lamentations 2:17, 137 Lamentations...
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Vol. 3
Book by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford Lasor, Lawrence T. Geraty, Edgar W. Smith; W.B. Eerdmans, 1979
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...naked: I will make lamentation like the jackals...take up over you in lamentation, 0 house of Israel...similar fashion composed lamentations over the princes of...rejoiced, but their lamentation would be turned to...J. E. HARTLEY LAMENTATIONS laman-tashans...
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The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practises
Book by Marc J.H. Linssen; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Akkadian Language--Texts, Assyro-Babylonian Religion, Babylon (Extinct City)--Religion, Cults--Iraq--Babylon (Extinct City), Cults--Iraq--Erech (Extinct City), Erech (Extinct City)--Religion
...18ff. the text lists lamentations recited during the dik...also points out that the lamentation priests and the singers...See M.E. Cohen, Lamentations, 47 ff. 53 See M.E. Cohen, Lamentations, 536ff. 54 See M.E...
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The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading
Book by Carol J. Dempsey; Fortress Press, 2000
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Prophets--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Feminist Criticism, Liberation Theology
...F. B. Huey Jr., Jeremiah-Lamentations. NAC 16. (Nashville: Broadman...literary forms and types in the book of Lamentations, see O. Kaiser, Introduction to...purpose, and artistry of the book of Lamentations, see D. Hillers, Lamentations...
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The Fulfilment of Doom? the Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and the Pre-Exilic/Early Prophetic Literature
Journal article by Dianne Bergant; Theological Studies, Vol. 70, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Fulfilment of Doom?: The Dialogic Interaction Between the Book of Lamentations and the Pre-Exilic/Early Prophetic Literature (Critical work)--Book reviews
...the citys personification, Lamentations does not merely appropriate...causes of the day of wrath, Lamentations concentrates on its impact...of the citys destruction, Lamentation abandons themes of cosmic...Israel and all nations. In Lamentations, the sin of Jerusalem...
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The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God
Journal article by Bernard Grossfeld; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God (Book)--Book reviews
The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God. by Bernard Grossfeld The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God. By CHRISTIAN M...an analytic study of the Targum of Lamentations in three chapters and concludes with...
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Lamentations and the Tears of God
Journal article by Richard J. Clifford; Theological Studies, Vol. 64, 2003
Subjects: Lamentations and the Tears of God (Book)
Lamentations and the Tears of God. by Richard J. Clifford By Kathleen...Theological Seminary, OConnor concentrates on the suffering in Lamentations and on its relevance. Lamentations, five lyric poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem...
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The Oral and Ritual Culture of Chinese Women: Bridal Lamentations of Nanhui
Journal article by Anne Mclaren, Chen Qinjian; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 59, 2000
Subjects: Laments--Social aspects, Marriage--Rites and ceremonies, Oral tradition--Social aspects, Sex role--Social aspects, Women--Social aspects
...different lamentation traditions. To understand lamentations it is essential...reflected in lamentation traditions. The lamentations that are the...of Shuyuan lamentations. Beyond adding...example to lamentation research in...
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Righteous Bloodshed, Matthew's Passion Narrative, and the Temple's Destruction: Lamentations as a Matthean Intertext
Journal article by David M. Moffitt; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 125, 2006
Subjects: Bible, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Religion
...Narrative, and the Temples Destruction: Lamentations as a Matthean Intertext by David M...the resemblance between Matthew and Lamentations at this point,2 demonstrating an allusion to Lamentations here has proven elusive. Relatively...
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Tuning Hebrew Psalms to Reggae Rhythms: Rastas' Revolutionary Lamentations for Social Change
Magazine article by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell; Cross Currents, Vol. 50, Winter 2000
Subjects: Music, Jewish--Usage, Music--Religious aspects, Psalmody--Usage, Reggae music--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Revolutionary Lamentations for Social Change...not only a Black lamentation but a popular...suited to their lamentation against colonialism...Psalms as their own lamentations, the melodies...Book of Job, Lamentations, and other traditions...magnificent Prayer of Lamentation to Ishtar which...
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Lamentations
Magazine article; Tikkun, Vol. 18, May/Jun 2003
Subjects: Berrigan, Daniel, Bible, Nonfiction, Peace, Religion
Lamentations Lamentations Daniel Berrigan Roman and Littlefield, 2002 Daniel Berrigan is...this provocative and exciting commentary on the Biblical book of Lamentations, Berrigan brings us into the center of peace consciousness and...
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Laws concerning Food and Drink: Household Principles: Lamentations of the Father
Magazine article by Ian Frazier; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, February 1997
Subjects: Parent-child relations--Humor and anecdotes
...concerning Food and Drink: Household Principles: Lamentations of the Father. by Ian Frazier OF the beasts of the...forget what I said about the tape. Complaints and Lamentations O my children, you are disobedient. For when I tell...
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Laws concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father
Magazine article by Ian Frazier; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, February 1997
Subjects: Child rearing--Humor and anecdotes, Fatherhood--Humor and anecdotes, Parenting--Humor and anecdotes
...concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father. by Ian Frazier Of the beasts of the...forget what I said about the tape. Complaints and Lamentations O my children, you are disobedient. For when I tell...
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Lamentations from a Senator
Magazine article; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 39, April 2004
Subjects: Alexander, Lamar, Meetings, Outdoors, Parks & recreation areas, Senators
Lamentations from a Senator One of the highlights of the National Recreation and Park Associations 2004 National Legislative and Policy Forum...
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Loo-Dicrious Latrine Lamentations
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), October 17, 2008
Loo-Dicrious Latrine Lamentations. MOST of us have cut our spending habits to make ends meet and 83% of us are under financial pressure, according to a survey...
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'The Lamentation of the Slut'; Women Deserve Better Than a Slur
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 27, 2006
The Lamentation of the Slut; Women Deserve Better Than a Slur. Byline: Suzanne Fields...regret and tinged with remorse. The allure of the slut becomes loss and lamentation. The young women are entitled to better. * Suzanne Fields, a columnist...
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We Will Fight until There Is Victory
Newspaper article by Tod Lindberg; The Washington Times, October 30, 2001
...from the battlefield. What are our lamentations this week? Take your pick. Our...and despair. I think that these lamentations about the military campaign also have origins in the lamentations on the home front: We havent cracked...
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The Conscience of a Composer, and a Nation
Newspaper article by Stephen Goode; The Washington Times, April 5, 1998
Subjects: Mann, Thomas
...Divine" and his last major work, "The Lamentations of Dr. Faustus," come pouring out...1930, just before the score of his "Lamentations of Dr. Faustus" is to be published...undertakes his final composition, "The Lamentations of Dr. Faustus," Leverkuhns avowed...
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A NEW EAST ER RISING; after the Past Week and the Calamitous Events That Led to Such Despair, It Is Fitting, Says DR MARK DOOLEY That on Holy Saturday, a Desperate Day of Torment When All Seems Broken and Hopeless, We Pause to Ref Lect on the Promise of Easter to Help Find a Way out of Our Morass; SATURDAY ESSAY
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 3, 2010
...magnitude, I am reminded of those haunting Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah - verses which...a modern-day version of Jeremiahs lamentations. Indeed, I have come to look upon...to put things right. Brian Lenihans lamentations, and his dogged determination to fix...
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Lamentations
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAMENTATIONS book of the Bible, placed immediately after Jeremiah, to whose author it has been ascribed since ancient times. It was probably...
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Old Testament
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...consisting of the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, and (c) Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah...Judges and Ruth are also conflated, as are Jeremiah and Lamentations, making for 22 books, the number attested by Josephus...
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi Da
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dedicated to the pope. From 1555 to 1560 he was choirmaster of the Cathedral of St. John Lateran, for which he wrote his Lamentations, and from 1561 to 1566 he was choirmaster of Saint Mary Major. After several years in the private service of Ippolito II...
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Jeremiah , Book of the Bible
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...throughout the book. These reveal something of the personal cost to the prophet of his ministry of confrontation. See also Lamentations . See studies by R. P. Carroll (1986) and R. E. Clements (1988); see also bibliography under Old Testament...
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Acrostic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jesus. There are several alphabetic acrostics (pertaining to the Hebrew alphabet) in the Bible, e.g., in Ps. 119 and Lamentations . Acrostic verses are common, and very elaborate puzzles have been devised combining several schemes...
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