RT Article
T1 A survey of research on the book of Lamentations
JF Old Testament essays
VO 5
IS 2
SP 184
OP 205
A1 Gous, Ignatius G. P.
LA English
YR 1992
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1929670745
AB In a sense, the purpose of this research survey matches that of the book of Lamentations, which it is about. Both are a quest for order in a world full of contradictions. One of the most debated questions regarding this book is about the author. The author of the article is, to his knowledge, the only researcher who believes that the poets remained adherents of the theology of Zion. The article also focuses on the structure and flow of thoughts of the poems, on the genre, dating, and acrostic form; on how Lamentations originated and developed, and the tracing of ideas in subsequent times.
K1 Contradictions
K1 Davidic worldview
K1 Exilic period
K1 Jeremianic authorship
K1 Lamentations
K1 Origin of Lamentations
K1 Prophetic background
K1 Theological background
K1 Zionist theology