TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berlin,Adele
TI  - Lamentations: a Commentary 
T2  - Old Testament library
SN  - 0664218490
AV  - BS1535.53 .B47 2002
U1  - 224.3077  BER 21
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Louisville, KY
PB  - Westminster John Knox Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Lamentations
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; I. Introduction -- 1. The poetry of Lamentations -- 2. Gender and suffering -- Excursus 1: Bat-siyyon, the personified Zion -- Excursus 2: Jerusalem's residents: A sociological profile -- 3. Mourning as a religious concept -- 4. The theology of destruction and exile -- The paradigm of purity -- The political paradigm -- 5. Lamentations in literary context -- The biblical context: Qinah, communal lament, and Jerusalem lament -- The Mesopotamian context -- 6. Authorship -- 7. Date and purpose -- 8. lamentations at Qumran; II. Translation and commentary -- Lamentations 1:1-22: Mourning and shame -- Lamentations 2:1-22: Anger -- Lamentations 3:1-66: Exile -- Lamentations 4:1-22: Degradation -- Lamentations 5:1-22: Prayer
N2  - "This commentary on Lamentations furnishes a fresh translation and discusses questions of historical background and literary architecture before providing a theologically sensitive exposition of the text."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -