Book of Lamentations
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title:
Book of Lamentations
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The Book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. In the Hebrew Bible, it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot alongside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes, and the Book of Esther. In the Christian Old Testament, it follows the Book of Jeremiah as the prophet Jeremiah is traditionally understood to have been its author. Some motifs of a traditional Mesopotamian "city lament" are evident in the book, such
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Book of the Bible
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2001-10-08T05:35:10Z
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2024-09-06T00:57:04Z
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