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

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.

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.

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.

The theological views that led to its author ( s ) writing the Book of Lamentations emanated from the cultural and religious attitudes of the people of Judah in the 6th and 7th centuries BC and was probably also influenced by non-biblical sources which originated from the cultural and religious attitudes of Judah's neighbors of differing religions.

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.

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.

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The assassination of the Babylonian governor around 582 by a disaffected member of the former royal house of David provoked a Babylonian crackdown, possibly reflected in the Book of Lamentations, but the situation seems to have soon stabilised again.

( a translation of Synonyms or Lamentations of a Sinful Soul, Book of Differences I, and Book of Differences II ) Charlotte, VT: MedievalMS, 2012 ( EPub ISBN 978-1-105-82667-2 )

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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.

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These acrostics occur in the first four of the five songs that make up the Book of Lamentations, in the praise of the good wife in Proverbs 31, 10-31, and in Psalms 9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119 and 145 of the Hebrew Bible.

The five relatively short books of Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Book of Esther are collectively known as the Hamesh Megillot ( Five Megillot ).

The Book of Lamentations is traditionally read, followed by the kinnot, a series of liturgical lamentations.

However, the importance of the law is evident within the Book of Ruth, and the story reflects a need to stay within legal boundaries.

He reflects that spiritual literature, including the works of Jacob Boehme, William Law and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, talk of these pains and terrors.

The creation of Narnia strongly reflects the Book of Genesis, but may also have been influenced by J. R. R.

The exposition of the theory of proportions that appears in Book VII of The Elements reflects the earlier theory of ratios of commensurables.

The Bible's Book of Job reflects on the nature and meaning of suffering.

The fact that French words are to be found in the Book of the Pious and that it reflects French conditions caused Grätz also to attribute its authorship to Judah Sir Leon he-Ḥasid.

The Book of Order used by the PCUSA reflects this change.

The Encyclopedia Iranica renders it as frawahr ( this reflects the Pazend dibacheh form, corresponding to Book Pahlavi prʾwhr ).

Because Ostler adopts the Expansion Theory, he affirms that the Book of Mormon was translated through the gift of God and reflects a revelation of the content of an ancient source though we have access only to its modern translation.

The Book of Samuel is a theological evaluation of kingship in general and of dynastic kingship and David in particular.

It says that the Book of Enoch, ( extra-biblical Jewish theological literature, dated around 200 B. C.

# Speculative Works, of which the chief is his " Quæstiones " ( philosophical and theological ), printed partly in an extremely rare edition ( Venice, 1509 ), which contains also his defences against the Paris theologians of 1283-85 which were reprinted by Charles du Plessis d ' Argentré, Collectio judiciorum, I ( Paris, 1724 ), 226-34 ; Commentary on the Book of Sentences ; " De Sacramentis " etc.

The PCA requires ordained pastors and elders to subscribe to the theological doctrines detailed in the Westminster Standards, with only minor exceptions allowed, while the PC ( USA )' s Book of Confessions allows much more leeway.

Long books or those that contain much material either for theological or historical-critical speculation such as Genesis, Psalms may be split over 2 or 3 volumes as a matter of course, some, such as the or the Four Gospels may be multiple-or single-volume, while short books such as the deuterocanonical portions of Daniel, Esther, and the Jeremiah ( i. e. Book of Susanna, Prayer of Azariah, Bel and the Dragon, Additions to Esther, Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah ), or the Pastoral or Johannine epistles are often condensed into one volume.

The Kitáb-i-Íqán ( " The Book of Certitude ") is one of many books held sacred by followers of the Bahá ' í Faith ; it is their primary theological work.

He drew heavily from the Book of Revelation, although he avoided traditional theological terminology and took a somewhat negative tone towards Christianity.

Among his many theological works, An Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches ( 1877 ), The Spirits in Prison ( 1884 ), The Book of Proverbs ( which he annotated in the Speaker's Commentary ), the Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and II Corinthians, in Charles Ellicott's New Testament Commentary, and Life and Letters of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells ( 1888 ) are most notable.

The Book of the Bee is an historical / theological compilation containing numerous Bible legends.

The Book of the Bee is a collection of theological and historical texts compiled by Solomon of Akhlat in the thirteenth century.

Which of these views is considered to represent " authentic " Anglican eucharistic theology depends on wider theological and ecclesiological understandings of Anglicanism, in particular the role of pre-English Reformation doctrine and practices, versus a more Magisterial Reformation theology, in interpreting the Book of Common Prayer ( which has its origins in the works of Thomas Cranmer ) and the Thirty-Nine Articles ( an Anglican formulary developed in the sixteenth century ).

* Primary theological development from Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, and the Lutheran Book of Concord of the 16th century.

In 2010, his book “ Patience with God ” ( Vzdáleným nablízku: vášeň a trpělivost v setkání víry s nevírou ) was named book of the month by the U. S. Catholic Book Club and was awarded Europe ’ s best theological book prize.

Besides discharging his duties in the theological seminary, he published two dissertations in Schleiermacher's and GCF Lücke's Journal ( 1819-1820, 1822 ), one on the origin and composition of the Sibylline Oracles, Über die Entstehung und Zusammensetzung der Sibyllinischen Orakel, and another on the authorship and design of the Book of Daniel, Über Verfasser und Zweck des Buches Daniel.

The liturgy in St Andrew's Cathedral has undergone considerable change since Jensen's appointment as dean, though according to him and his supporters it remains grounded in the theological outlook of the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 with its emphasis on the confession of sin and salvation solely through the merits of Christ.

Some of the animus against ECUSA derived in part from the general dominance of theological liberalism within Anglicanism, abhorrent to many who consider the Augsburg Confession and the other writings in the Book of Concord to be definitive of proper Christian belief and practice.

This very image of God the Father is used in New Testament Trinity icons ; until the Great Synod of Moscow in 1667 it was a matter of theological debate whether the Ancient of Days from the Book of Daniel was Christ or God the Father.

The Kitab al-Huda (" The Book of Guidance ") is a collection of canons and laws, of liturgical rules and short theological treatises dealing with Trinitarian and Christological problems.

The edition included Doctrina Machumet, a translation of the Arabic theological tract known as the Book of a Thousand Questions.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was instrumental in determining the form Anglicanism was to take, not by writing confessional statements or significant theological treaties, but through his authoring of the Book of Common Prayer in 1549 and 1552.

Gooch believes there is a contradiction between Sadler's advocacy of science and reason and his support of the avant-garde theological, " inter-planetary " contents of The Urantia Book.

They argue the presence of both unconditional and conditional promises to the house of David would create intense theological dissonance in the Book of Kings.