Further Reading
- Albrektson, Bertil, "Studies in the Text and Theology of the 'Book of Lamentations,'" CWK Gleerup, Lund, Sweden, 1963, 258p. (Critical edition of the Peshitta text that includes divergences from the Hebrew text and the Septuagint.)
- Alexander, Philip S., "The Textual Traditions of Targum Lamentations," Abr-Nahrain XXIV (1986): 1-26. (Study of Targum Lamentations offered as a general approach that can be pursued in editing any biblical text.)
- Cannon, William Walter, "The Authorship of Lamentations," Bibliotheca Sacra 81 (1924): 42-58. (Critique of arguments that Jeremiah was not the sole author of Lamentations.)
- Cross, Frank Moore, "Studies in the Structure of Hebrew Verse: The Prosody of Lamentations 1:1-22," in The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth, Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1983, pp. 129–55. (Study of the Qinah meter in Lamentations.)
- Dahood, Mitchell, "New Readings in Lamentations," Biblica 59, No. 2 (1978): 174-97. (Examination of specific verses of Lamentations that may be improved by correcting probable defective spellings in source texts.)
- Gadd, C. J., "The Second Lamentation for Ur," in Hebrew and Semitic Studies, edited by D. Winton Thomas and W. D. McHardy, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963, pp. 59–71. (Translation of and notes for an early lamentation that may have influenced Lamentations.)
- Gordis, Robert, "Commentary on the Text of Lamentations (Part Two)," The Jewish Quarterly Review LVIII, No. 1 (July 1967): 14-33. (Explanation for difficulties in understanding the third chapter of Lamentations. Gordis discusses “fluid personality” and adopting a psychological rather than a logical reading.)
- Gray, George Buchanan, "Parallelism and Rhythm in the Book of Lamentations," in The Forms of Hebrew Poetry, New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1972, pp. 87–120. (Analysis of the differences in the use of parallelism in the first four chapters of Lamentations.)
- Hillers, Delbert R., "Introduction to Lamentations: A New Translation," Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972, pp. xv-xli. (Offers a comprehensive overview of the Book of Lamentations, including a discussion of its origins and structure.)
- Johnson, Bo, "Form and Message in Lamentations," Zietschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 97, No. 1 (1985): 58–73. (Examines the structure of Lamentations and contends that its careful design and alphabetic composition points to and emphasizes its intended message.)
- O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Lamentations," in The Women's Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe, Lousiville, Ky.: John Knox Press, 1992, pp. 178-82. (Examines the role of women in the Book of Lamentations.)
- Salters, R. B., "The Poetry of Lamentations," in 'Jonah' and 'Lamentations', Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1994, pp. 84-91. (Considers Lamentations as poetry.)
- Shea, William H., "The qinah Structure of the Book of Lamentations," Biblica 60, No. 1 (1979): 103-07. (Analysis of pattern and structure of Lamentations that emphasizes linking together its five books.)
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