KnowraBook of LamentationsLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Book of Lamentations, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 4Related 3Babylonian captivityRelated: Its grief gives literary expression to the catastrophe behind the captivity.Jerusalem TempleRelated: Its poems preserve grief over the catastrophe that destroyed the Temple.Hebrew literatureBroader topic: Its formally patterned grief remains a defining example of Hebrew poetic expression.LamentBroader topic: Its poems give collective grief over a devastated city a sustained literary form.Hebrew poetryBroader topic: Its formal patterns give communal grief a tightly shaped poetic expression.Book of JeremiahRelated: Its grief over the city’s fall complements Jeremiah’s warnings and aftermath narratives.Gregory of NarekBroader topic: This is Gregory’s best-known work and the central expression of his prayerful theology.