BELIEVERS CHURCH BIBLE COMMENTARY
Old Testament
Genesis, by Eugene F. Roop, 1987
Exodus, by Waldemar Janzen, 2000
Joshua, by Gordon H. Matties, 2012
Judges, by Terry L. Brensinger, 1999
Ruth, Jonah, Esther, by Eugene F. Roop, 2002
Psalms, by James H. Waltner, 2006
Proverbs, by John W. Miller, 2004
Ecclesiastes, by Douglas B. Miller, 2010
Isaiah, by Ivan D. Friesen, 2009
Jeremiah, by Elmer A. Martens, 1986
Lamentations, Song of Songs, by Wilma Ann Bailey, Christina Bucher, 2015
Ezekiel, by Millard C. Lind, 1996
Daniel, by Paul M. Lederach, 1994
Hosea, Amos, by Allen R. Guenther, 1998
New Testament
Matthew, by Richard B. Gardner, 1991
Mark, by Timothy J. Geddert, 2001
John, by Willard M. Swartley, 2013
Acts, by Chalmer E. Faw, 1993
Romans, by John E. Toews, 2004
2 Corinthians, by V. George Shillington, 1998
Galatians, by George R. Brunk III, 2015
Ephesians, by Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld, 2002
Colossians, Philemon, by Ernest D. Martin, 1993
12 Thessalonians, by Jacob W. Elias, 1995
12 Timothy, Titus, by Paul M. Zehr, 2010
12 Peter, Jude, by Erland Waltner, J. Daryl Charles, 1999
1, 2, 3 John, by J. E. McDermond, 2011
Revelation, by John R. Yeatts, 2003
Old Testament Editors
Elmer A. Martens, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California Douglas B. Miller, Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas
New Testament Editors
Willard M. Swartley, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana Loren L. Johns, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana
Editorial Council
David W. Baker, Brethren Church
W. Derek Suderman, Mennonite Church Canada
Christina Bucher, Church of the Brethren
John R. Yeatts, Brethren in Christ Church
Gordon H. Matties (chair), Mennonite Brethren Church
Jo-Ann A. Brant, Mennonite Church USA
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bailey, Wilma A.
Lamentations / Wilma Ann Bailey. Song of Songs / Christina A. Bucher.
pages cm. -- (Believers church Bible commentary ; 27)
ISBN 978-0-8361-9932-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Bible. Lamentations-
Commentaries. 2. Bible. Song of Solomon--Commentaries. I. Bucher,
Christina, joint author. II. Bucher, Christina. Song of Songs. III. Title.
BS1535.53.B35 2015
223.907--dc23
2014037104
Lamentations: Except as otherwise indicated, Bible text is from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission. Other versions briefly compared are listed with Abbreviations.
Selvan, S. D. P. Lamentation: A Rereading of Vanni in the Perspective of Underside History, in Sri Lanka Journal of Theological Reflection, vol. 7, no. 1 (July 2013): 19. Used with permission of the Theological College of Lanka, publishers of the Sri Lanka Journal of Theological Reflection, and of the author, Fr. S. D. P. Selvan.
Song of Songs: Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Other versions briefly compared are identified with Abbreviations.
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With deep appreciation, to my mother and father
Wilma Ann Bailey
To Ted
Christina Bucher
Abbreviations
* | The Text in Biblical Context |
+ | The Text in the Life of the Church |
AEL | Ancient Egyptian Literature. Edited by M. Lichtheim. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. |
ANET | Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. |
ASV | American Standard Version |
AT | authors translation |
b. | born |
BCBC | Believers Church Bible Commentary |
BCE | before the Common Era (= BC before Christ) |
ca. | circa, approximately |
CE | Common Era (= AD anno Domini) |
CEB | Common English Bible |
cf. | confer, compare |
ch./chs. | chapter/chapters |
CWMS | The Complete Writings of Menno Simons, c. 14961561. Translated by J. C. Wenger. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1956. |
d. | died |
ed. | edition, editor |
e.g. | exempli gratia, for example |
emph. | emphasis |
ESV | English Standard Version (ESV Bible) |
et al. | et alia, and others |
etc. | et cetera, and the rest |
GASB | Thomas von Imbroich, Konrad Koch, and Matthias Servaes. Golden Apples in Silver Bowls: The Rediscovery of Redeeming Love. Translated by L. Gross and E. H. Bender. Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1999. |
Gk. | Greek |
GNT | Good News Translation |
HALOT | Koehler, L., W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 19942000. |
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