Commentaries on Lamentations
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Top 3
Song of Songs, Lamentations. WBC. Thomas Nelson, 2004.
Zach Olson
Easily the best commentary on Lamentations, and it seems like everyone agrees on this. more
Zach Olson
I used this for class, and I found it to be quite remarkably helpful in understanding the wonderful poetry in this book. more
Literary Sparks
Shop around before using this commentary. more
Mike DaVoice
Structure was my biggest problem (121 page introduction!!!). more
Lamentations. OTL. Westminster John Knox, 2002.
Princeton Theological Seminary
More literarily minded commentary. more
Philibuster
Adele Berlin's commentary is slight (~125 pgs of text) but excellent. more
Review of Biblical Literature (RBL)
Single-volume commentaries on the book of Lamentations have been rare. more
Jeremiah and Lamentations. TOTC. InterVarsity Press, 1981.
Philip Wood
A good brief commentary on Jeremiah & Lamentations. more
New and Notable
“Lamentations” in Isaiah–Ezekiel. ESVEC. Crossway, 2022.
ThomasCreedy
This is a helpful shortish commentary on Lamentations - and I think offers a pastoral Reformed perspective that would be very valuable to preachers and pastors. more
The Book of Lamentations. NICOT. Eerdmans, 2022.
Zach Olson
Solid commentary on Lamentations. more
Zach Olson
John Goldingay is quite helpful. more
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Forthcoming Commentaries
Year | Author | Title | Series |
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forthcoming 2029 | Young, May | Lamentations | Pillar Old Testament Commentary |
forthcoming 2024 | Graves, Michael | Jeremiah and Lamentations | International Theological Commentary (T&T Clark) |
forthcoming 2016 | Hays, J. Daniel | Lamentations | Teach the Text Commentary Series |
forthcoming | Boda, Mark J. | Lamentations | Baker Commentary on the Old Testament |
forthcoming | Ellington, Scott | Lamentations | Pentecostal Commentary |
forthcoming | Ephrem the Syrian | Syriac Commentaries on the Prophets | Ancient Christian Texts |
forthcoming | Greenstein, Edward L. | Lamentations | JPS Bible Commentary |
forthcoming | Michel, Andreas | Lamentations | International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament |
forthcoming | Roberts, J. J. M. | Lamentations | Hermeneia |
forthcoming | Shead, Andrew G. | Jeremiah, Lamentations | Story of God Bible Commentary |
forthcoming | Sun, Chloe T. | Lamentations | Bible in God's World Commentary |
forthcoming | Viviano, Pauline A. | Jeremiah and Lamentations | Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry |
forthcoming | Youngblood, Kevin J. | Lamentations | Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament |
forthcoming | Youngblood, Kevin J. | Lamentations | SBL Commentary on the Septuagint |