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. Pays particular interest to the relationship of Lamentations to Mesopotamian literature (see Ancient Near Eastern Comparative Studies).

Lamentation by C.J. Sansom, book review: Shardlake shines in this expertly executed tale". The Independent . Retrieved 3 November 2014. Hillers, Delbert R. “Lamentations, Book of.” In The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. 4. Edited by David Noel Freedman, 137–141. New York: Doubleday, 1992. In Lamentation, Joe Clifford displays the same muscular prose, unsparing insight and generous heart he exhibited in his stunning debut, Junkie Love. This is a tale of small-town secrets and the troubled, unfathomable, unbreakable bond of brothers." —David Corbett, award-winning author of The Art of Character endures from generation to generation" ( 5:19; see introductions to Ps 47; 93; see also note on Ps 102:12). Outline

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Lamentations, more than any other book in the Bible, captures what it really felt like to be someone from Judah at this point in history. Other books set around this time This summary of the book of Lamentations provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, When it comes to intriguing Tudor-based narratives, Hilary Mantel has a serious rival' - Sunday Times The fifth poem, corresponding to the fifth chapter, is not acrostic but still has 22 lines. [3] [12] Sansom begins his sixth novel with Shardlake witnessing the execution of Anne Askew. The introduction alone made me a bit squeamish, because of its intensity. The way he described this event cemented how real the consequences were for those who were on the wrong side of the religious divide. Shortly after this horrific event, Shardlake is giving a new mission by his patroness, Catherine Parr. Someone has stolen the manuscript of a very personal book that she wrote, Lamentation of a Sinner, and if should fall into the wrong hands, the queen may be executed like Anne Askew. Since Shardlake is fond of the queen, he cannot allow this to happen, so he embarks on a secretive mission to retrieve the manuscript, which leads him on a collision course with some of the kingdom’s most illustrious and powerful men, including his arch-nemesis, Sir Richard Rich.

Lamentation is a noir saga of the America that isn’t in TV commercials, wrenching, yet somehow infused with an uplifting spirit of a brother’s love and redemption. Original, insightful, energetic, an intriguing examination of small-town, modern lives and perils." —James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor The pain so evident in Jeremiah’s reaction to this devastation clearly communicates the significance of the terrible condition in Jerusalem. Speaking in the first person, Jeremiah pictured himself captured in a besieged city, without anyone to hear his prayers, and as a target for the arrows of the enemy (3:7–8, 12). Yet even in this seemingly hopeless Landy, Francis. “Lamentations.” In The Literary Guide to the Bible. Edited by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, 329–334. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 1987.Shardlake, still haunted by events aboard the warship Mary Rose the year before, is working on the Cotterstoke Will case, a savage dispute between rival siblings. Then, unexpectedly, he is summoned to Whitehall Palace and asked for help by his old patron, the now beleaguered and desperate Queen. Scholars are divided over whether the book is the work of one or multiple authors. [19] One clue pointing to multiple authors is that the gender and situation of the first-person witness changes – the narration is feminine in the first and second lamentation, and masculine in the third, while the fourth and fifth are eyewitness reports of Jerusalem's destruction; [20] conversely, the similarities of style, vocabulary, and theological outlook, as well as the uniform historical setting, are arguments for one author. [21] Later interpretation and influence [ edit ] 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 2001 and Hillers 1992. Gwaltney 1999 provides a brief history of interpretation. Bailey 2014 offers a useful introduction for more theologically oriented readers, while Landy 1987 provides a literary introduction. Huey, F. B. (1993). "Jeremiah, Lamentations". The New American Commentary. Vol.16. Broadman & Holman Publishers.