Visually Inspected by Owner: Hardback with dust jacket as pictured, book was hardly used. First edition as stated, 7th printing, 1988. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The author of Lamentations mourns the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in the sixth century B.C. and wonders aloud if God has abandoned his people altogether. This thorough revision of Hillers' earlier Anchor Bible commentary on the Book of Lamentations incorporates new literary theories and information connected with the recent findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Photographs.