Lamentations: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture (Concordia Commentary | CC)

by R. Reed Lessing

Publisher:

Concordia Publishing House

, 2024

Overview

The Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.

The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.

The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ His Son.

Authors expose the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology, history, and extrabiblical literature. Throughout, God’s Word emanates from authors’ careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word, Sacrament, and daily confession.

Key Features

• Exposes the rich treasury of language, imagery, and thematic content of the Scripture
• Provides meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew text
• Enables pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight, clarity, and faithfulness

Product Details

• Title: Lamentations
• Author: R. Reed Lessing
• Series: Concordia Commentary
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 493
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Lamentations › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780758672605, 0758672608
• Resource ID: LLS:CONCOM25LA
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-18T20:47:15Z

About R. Reed Lessing

R. Reed Lessing is senior pastor at St. Michael Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned his MDiv, STM, and PhD degrees from Concordia Seminary, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was ordained into the office of the holy ministry in 1986, and from 1986 to 1999, he served pastorates in West Monroe, Louisiana, and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Lessing was also a professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, from 1999 to 2013. Lessing has written Interpreting Discontinuity: Isaiah’s Tyre Oracle, and along with Andrew Steinmann, he coauthored an introduction to the Old Testament, Prepare the Way of the Lord. Lessing is also the author of the volumes on Jonah, Amos, and Isaiah 40–55, as well as the forthcoming volume on Zechariah, in the Concordia Commentary series.