The Book of Lamentations does not explicitly identify its author but the tradition is that the Prophet Jeremiah wrote it. This view is highly likely considering the author was a witness of the Babylonians destroying Jerusalem. Jeremiah fits this qualification (2 Chronicles 35:25; 36:21-22). It was m... (more)

The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, which led to the exile of the people of Israel, drastically changed the community's life. In the midst of this darkness, the five poems collected to form the biblical "Book of Lamentations" emerged as a life-embracing work. This commentary aims to make the mes... (more)

David Scott introduces a personal selection from Lancelot Andrewes' Private Prayers in this, the first volume in this series on seventeenth century spiritual writers. These prayers are very powerfully written and are of interest as texts and as devotional reading. This volume will contain some biogr... (more)

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor... (more)