A Study Guide for the Book of Lamentations by John Teague, ThD - HTML preview

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A more practical purpose was served by the topical and festal (of or like a joyous celebration; festival like the one in which the Jewish people read the Lamentations) significance rather than by the two-fold categories.

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The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (The Septuagint or LXX 280-150 B.C.) divided the Old Testament according to subject matter which is the basis of the modern four-fold classification of the Old Testament. Those four classifications are the five books of Law, twelve books of History, five books of Poetry, and seventeen books of Prophecy.

Conclusion For Lesson 3: