The Book of Lamentations

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The Book of Lamentations

Introduction to Lamentations Initial Impressions Author Date Occasion

The Style of Lamentations Poetry Lament Confession Brutal Language Multiple Voices One Silent Voice...

The Structure of Lamentations 5 Poems No plot or narrative flow Chapter 3 – welcome relief? Chapter 5 – still nothing from God! Acrostics...

The Structure of Lamentations Acrostic No Acrostic 22 verses with 3 lines each 66 verses with 1 line each 22 verses with 2 lines each 22 verses with 1 line each Each verse begins with acrostic letter 3 verses per letter No acrostic

The Structure of the 5 Poems

Why Acrostic? Poetic Style? Memory aid? Symbolic of Completeness? Recovery of Order? Restore some Humanity?

Why 5 poems in this order?

The Structure of the 5 Poems

The Themes of Lamentations Sin, Punishment and the Violence of God Suffering (Theodicy) and Complaint (Anti-Theodicy) Covenant and Presence Faith, Hope and Worship Witness and Advocacy Suffering, Silence and Salvation...

Early Christians didn’t seek to explain evil and suffering, at least not in the abstract, rationalistic way of theodicists. Instead they chose to frame evil and suffering quite differently. Their response to the problem of evil and the existence of suffering was not to question God’s goodness, love, and power, but rather to develop faithful forms of community within which the impact of evil and suffering could be absorbed, resisted, and transformed as they waited for God’s return. The early Christians did not separate the question of suffering from their calling to be people of faith.   John Swinton, Raging with Compassion

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