Study in book of Lamentations

[Just_Ahead]

I am doing a personal Bible study in the book of Lamentations.

Here are the resources I am using in this study.

• A Liturgy of Grief: A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations, by Leslie C. Allen (2011).
  
  
• Lamentations: Great is Your Faithfulness, by Richard Brooks (1989, 2017).
  
  
• Grief & Pain in the Plan of God: Christian Assurance & The Message of Lamentations, by Walter C. Kaiser Jr. (1982, 2004, 2010).
  
  
• Lamentations: A Mentor Commentary: Living in the Ruins, by John L. Mackay (2008).
  
  
• Lamentations: The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary, by Robin A. Parry (2010).
  
  
• The Message of Lamentations: Honest to God, by Christopher J. H. Wright, Bible Speaks Today Series (2015).
  
  
• Lamentations: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary: To the Victims and Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan, by Federico Villanueva, Asia Bible Commentary Series (2016).

Please post additional resources you can suggest in this important study for our time.

 

[Deacon]

You’ve got Logos Bible Software?
You’ve got a great pastoral selection there.

I’d add Tremper Longman’s “Understanding the Bible Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations“ only because I value his other works.

Richard Brooks’ commentary looks intriguing.
(I don’t have either though).

I once won a church bible quiz when asked what book began, “How lonely sits the city”.
But I’ve never really studied the book of Lamentations.

I’d be interested if you could post a few gems you find during your study.

Rob

 

[Particular]

I would use Strong's, Vines and Unger's. Then I would read three or four different translations. Finally, I would do an inductive study where I write down my observations, my questions and my interpretation. After that I would go to PreceptAustin to read various commentaries and see what I may have missed.
Finally, I would write down my application of the verses and passages.

Reading other sources comes after I make my own observation. In this way, other thoughts will not bias what I observe. I want God to open up His word to me. I want to have the mind of Christ, not the mind of some other commentator. I desire to dig deep into what the text actually says with only the text speaking.

This is my preference and how I would go about studying the Lamentation of Jeremiah.

 

[Just_Ahead]

Also considering the following resources for my Lamentations personal study.

• Song of Songs and Lamentations, Vol. 23B, Word Biblical Commentary, by Duane Garrett and Paul House (2016).
  
  
• Lamentations, Vol. 7A, The Anchor Bible, by Delbert Hillers (1972).
  
  
• Walking the Ancient Paths: A Commentary on Jeremiah, by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. with Tiberius Rata (2019).

 

[Just_Ahead]

Particular,

Thank you for your suggestions. PreceptAustin is a source I have never used. I look forward to giving it a try.

 

[Just_Ahead]

Deacon,

Thank you for your suggestions.

 

[Just_Ahead]

Origen,

Thank you for your suggestions.