An Introduction to Lamentations

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Prof. Adele Berlin
An Introduction to Lamentations

Reading Lamentations on Tisha B’Av by the Western Wall, c. 1980, photo by SAIMI.

Published: July 13, 2013

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Last Updated: September 7, 2026

  1. This is an abridged version of Adele Berlin’s “Introduction to Lamentations” appearing in the second, revised and expanded edition of The Jewish Study Bible (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Prof. Adele Berlin is the Robert H. Smith Professor (Emerita) of Biblical Studies at the University of Maryland. She taught at Maryland since 1979 in the Jewish Studies Program, the Hebrew Program, and the English Department.Read More
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