{"product_id":"lamentations-mark-j-boda-9780801030703","title":"Lamentations","description":"The book of Lamentations is disturbing, says highly regarded Old Testament scholar Mark J. Boda. It forces readers to encounter the honest pain of a community and to struggle with the various strategies employed for processing that pain. Its presence in the scriptural canon of all streams of Judaism and Christianity is testimony to its enduring value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis substantive and useful commentary on Lamentations is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. It is grounded in rigorous scholarship but accessible to those who preach and teach. In addition to paragraph-level commentary, all volumes of the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament (BCOT) series feature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- a fresh translation of the Hebrew text;\u003cbr\u003e- incisive comments based on the author's translation;\u003cbr\u003e- linguistic, historical, and canonical insights;\u003cbr\u003e- concluding reflections; and\u003cbr\u003e- footnotes addressing technical matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamentations \u003c\/i\u003eis the fourth volume on the prophetic books in the BCOT series, following \u003ci\u003eHosea-Micah\u003c\/i\u003e by John Goldingay, \u003ci\u003eIsaiah \u003c\/i\u003eby J. Gordon McConville, and \u003ci\u003eDaniel \u003c\/i\u003eby Stephen L. Cook. Series editors are Mark J. Boda (McMaster Divinity College) and J. Gordon McConville (University of Gloucestershire).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark J. Boda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801030706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801030703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mark J. Boda","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637497413887,"sku":"9780801030703","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9608b600-35c7-42c0-8dff-f989edbfeef7.jpg?v=1765116577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lamentations-mark-j-boda-9780801030703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}