However, the strict acrostic style of four of the five poems is not found at all in the Book of Jeremiah itself and Jeremiah's name is not found anywhere in the book itself ( nor any other name, for that matter ), so authorship of Lamentations is disputed.

Most commentators see Lamentations as reflecting the period immediately following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, though Provan argues for an interpretation that is ahistorical.

Readings, chantings, and choral settings, of the book of Lamentations, are used in the Christian religious service known as the Tenebrae ( Latin for darkness ).

The Book of Lamentations reflects the theological and biblical view that what happened to Jerusalem was a deserved punishment ; and its destruction was instigated by their god for the communal sins of the people.

Among the musical compositions of Allegri were two volumes of concerti for five voices, published in 1618 and 1619 ; two volumes of motets for six voices, published in 1621 ; an edition of four-part sinfonia ; five masses, two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, as well as numerous motets which were not published in his lifetime.

*" Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet " and " Genre of the Lamentations ", two articles on the music for Tenebrae

They are sometimes also divided into such categories as Sifrei Emet ( ספרי אמת, literally " Books of Truth ") of Psalms, Proverbs and Job ( the Hebrew names of these three books form the Hebrew word for " truth " as an acrostic, and all three books have unique cantillation marks ), the " wisdom books " of Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs, the " poetry books " of Psalms, Lamentations and Song of Songs, and the " historical books " of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.

No cult is attested for her there, though she certainly figured as a goddess of great importance in the annual rites conducted, wherein two chosen females or priestesses played the roles of Isis and Nephthys and performed the elaborate ' Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys '.

** Steve Barnett ( producer ), Preston Smith ( engineer ), Joseph Jennings ( conductor ), Chanticleer & the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston for Tavener: Lamentations and Praises

** Steve Barnett ( producer ), Preston Smith ( engineer ), John Tavener ( composer ), Joseph Jennings ( conductor ), Chanticleer & the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston for Tavener: Lamentations and Praises

Among his other liturgical compositions are hymns, canticles ( including over 100 Magnificats ), responsories for Holy Week, Passions, Lamentations, and some independent pieces for major feasts.

In 1642 he was chosen a member of the Westminster Assembly, and annotated for them the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations.

Besides the traditional cantillation, there are several verses or short phrases in the Megillah that are chanted in a different chant, the chant that is traditional for the reading of the book of Lamentations.

When the Megillah reader jumps to the melody of the book of Lamentations for these phrases, it heightens the feeling of sadness in the listener.

Two requiems, several masses ( one of which, a most original work, is the Pastoral Mass for four voices ) and the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah are amongst his most important settings.

In all communities there are special cantillation melodies for Lamentations and Esther, and in some communities for the Song of Songs.

Tallis's better-known works from the Elizabethan years include his settings of the Lamentations ( of Jeremiah the Prophet ) for the Holy Week services and the unique motet Spem in alium written for eight five-voice choirs.

From the late fourth century BC, a recitation of the Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys, a poem describing Isis and Nephthys ' search for Osiris, was added to the ceremony on the 25th day of the Choiak month.

* The Lamentations of Amintas for the death of Phyllis ( 1587 ), a version in English hexameters of his friend, Thomas Watson's, Latin Amyntas

She assumed the role of Elizabeth's guardian following the King's death ; and another book, The Lamentations of a Sinner, was published.

); and in his dirges he bitterly laments the king's death, the fourth chapter of the Lamentations beginning with a dirge on Josiah ( Lam.

In Four of the Last Sermons Preached in St James after his Highnesse Death ( Oxford, 1613 ; see 1613 in literature ) From " Meditations of Consolation in our Lamentations ": "[...] his body was so faire and strong that a soule might have been pleased to live an age in it [...] vertue and valor, beauty and chastity, armes and arts, met and kist in him, and his goodnesse lent so much mintage to other Princes, that if Xenophon were now to describe a Prince, Prince HENRY had been his Patterne.

so evidence that Baruch was read in Jewish synagogues on certain festivals during the early centuries of the Christian era ( Thackeray, 107-11 )," i. e. Henry St. John Thackeray, The Septuagint and Jewish Worship, 1923 .</ ref > It is grouped with the prophetical books which also include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets.

Most modern day biblical scholars assert that the Book of Lamentations was written by one or more authors in Judah, shortly after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC ; and was penned as a response to Babylonian Exile, the intense suffering of the people of Judah, and the complete and utter destruction of Jerusalem.

Some scholars have suggested that he considered Ruth part of Judges, and Lamentations part of Jeremiah ; as the Christian translator Jerome recorded in the 4th century CE.

The order of the Old Testament books in the Codex is as follows: Genesis to 2 Chronicles as normal ; 1 Esdras ; 2 Esdras ( Ezra-Nehemiah ); the Psalms ; Proverbs ; Ecclesiastes ; Song of Songs ; Job ; Wisdom ; Ecclesiasticus ; Esther ; Judith ; Tobit ; the minor prophets from Hosea to Malachi ; Isaiah ; Jeremiah ; Baruch ; Lamentations and the Epistle of Jeremiah ; Ezekiel and Daniel.

According to F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, " the widely observed unity of form and point of view ... and general resemblance in linguistic detail throughout the sequence are broadly suggestive of the work of a single author ," though other scholars see Lamentations as the work of multiple authors.

For example, from Sumerian Literature we can see the same Genre that we see in the Book of Lamentations of the Funeral Dirge and Lament reflected in the Sumerian Lament: Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur which depicts the destruction of the cities of Sumer and Ur.

The letters of the alphabet, generally in their ordinary sequence, stand at the beginning of smaller or larger sections of Psalms 9-10 ( probably ), 15, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145 ; Proverbs 31: 10-31 ; Lamentations 1-4 ; and also of Sirach 51: 13-29, as the newly discovered Hebrew text of this book has shown ( see, on Psalms 25 and 34 especially, Hirsch in " Am.

* Aquaman vol 5 # 14 ( November 1995 ): ' Lamentations ' ;

The Book of Lamentations (, Eikhah, ʾēkhā ( h )) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah.

On the other hand, Babylon is never mentioned in Lamentations, though this could simply be to make the point that the judgment comes from God, and is a consequence of Judah disobeying Him.

The Book of Lamentations is recited annually on the Tisha b ' Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both of the Jewish Temples as well as numerous other unfavorable days in Jewish history.

Werner E. Lemke and Kathleen O ’ Connor point out “ Lamentations is probably the work of a survivor ( or survivors ) of the nation ’ s destruction who poured out sorrow, anger and dismay after the city ’ s traumatic defeat and occupation by the Babylonians.

Yet, as Lemke and O ’ Connor point out, The Book of Lamentations, while adapting several traditional literary, historical, and cultural Near Eastern elements, is a unique literary composition, scripted to a specific historical situation, in response to an historical catastrophe, addressing the survivors of this catastrophe in a distinctive religious context.

The earliest known example of Hungarian religious poetry is the Old Hungarian ' Lamentations of Mary ' from the 14th century.

( It is permitted to study the laws of mourning, as well as that material which may be studied on Tisha B ' Av, including Job, Lamentations, portions of Jeremiah and the third chapter of Talmud tractate Moed Katan.

The English word " monster ", ( used in the ordinary sense of a " huge animal ",) is used in the Bible in Jeremiah's Lamentations to refer to whales:

* Lamentations 4: 3 Even the sea monsters < U > draw out the breast </ U >, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Although there is an indication in Targum Lamentations that " Zechariah son of Iddo " was killed in the Temple ,< ref > Targum on Lam 2: 20: " Is it right to kill priest and prophet in the Temple of the Lord, as when you killed Zechariah son of Iddo, the High Priest and faithful prophet in the Temple of the Lord on the Day of Atonement because he told you not to do evil before the Lord?

The epitaphios is placed on a beautifully ornate and decorate catafalque or bier before the Lamentations representing the tomb of Christ.

De lamentatione, another early work, is a contribution to the Elizabethan practice of setting groups of verses from the Lamentations of Jeremiah following the format of the Tenebrae lessons sung in the Catholic rite during the last three days of Holy Week, other contributors including Tallis, White, Parsley and the elder Ferrabosco.

Psalms 79: 6-7 is recited in both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, plus Lamentations 3: 66 among Ashkenazim.

A unique feature of the service is the chanting of the Lamentations or Praises ( Enkōmia ), which consist of verses chanted by the clergy interspersed between the verses of Psalm 119 ( which is, by far, the longest psalm in the Bible ).

Jeremiah is traditionally credited with authoring the Book of Jeremiah, 1 Kings, 2 Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple.

The service is known as the " Orthros of Lamentations at the Tomb ", because the majority of the service is composed of the clergy and faithful gathered around the tomb, chanting the " Lamentations " interspersed between the verses of Kathisma XVII ( Psalm 118 ).