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    Understanding Lamentations - Revised
    Understanding Lamentations - Revised
    Understanding Lamentations - Revised
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    Understanding Lamentations - Revised

    By Michael Koplitz

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    This commentary was researched and written using Ancient Bible Study Methods. These methods were initially developed by the Sage Hillel over 2000 years ago and augmented by the author. Semitic Bible study methods are based on asking questions about the Scripture. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Koplitz
    Release dateJul 15, 2024
    ISBN9798227218605
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      Understanding Lamentations - Revised - Michael Koplitz

      Introduction

      While I was attending Seminary earning my M. Div. degree, I started to question what the instructors and reference books were saying about the Scriptures. One of the ideas being offered then was that the Bible was full of errors and not factual. I found that attitude disturbing for Seminary instructors to be teaching. After all, the Seminary experience is to train pastors to go out into God's world and preach the Bible. How can you preach the Bible if you believe what these instructors are teaching? The methods that were being taught to examine the Bible just seemed inaccurate to me.

      After graduating from Seminary, I spent much time reading different views about the Bible. I eventually read the Zohar. This collection of Midrashim is considered the secret work of the Torah, according to Kabbalists. Also, I learned quite a bit about Messianic Judaism. Their view of the Bible is quite different from the Seminary view.

      I decided that the biblical interpretation that was being taught in Seminary was not the biblical interpretation the people heard when Jesus Christ (whose Hebraic name is Yeshua) preached. I went on a quest to learn what the people of Yeshua's day thought about Scripture, and what they thought when the Scriptures were read. This quest led me to Dr. Anne Davis and The Bible Learning University. Dr. Davis was in search of the same thing I was searching for. She had made many discoveries that helped me in my quest. I earned the Ph. D. degree from The Bible Learning University in Hebraic Studies in Christianity concentrating on ancient Bible Studies methods.

      Finally, I found someone who believed that the church had placed almost 1900 years of theological ideas about the Scriptures and in many places possibly distorting its original meaning. What is also essential to hear is that the basic tenants of Yeshua as God's Messiah, my Lord, and Savior are in the Bible. My faith in Yeshua is stronger now that I have learned from Dr. Davis how to study the Scriptures in the same manner that the people did in Yeshua's day.

      I have included an article that describes the differences between Greek learning methods and Hebraic learning methods. Please do not skip this chapter unless you are familiar with ancient Bible study methods because if you do, then the analysis and commentary that follows may become difficult for you to understand.

      Our God is vast and infinite, and so is His Word. May God bless you in your discovery of what God's Word is about.

      The style of this book is different from the book of Jeremiah. The author of the book of Jeremiah was believed to be Baruch. This book was written by Jeremiah himself. It was the custom of Jeremiah's day to hire a professional writer. Jeremiah was an eyewitness to the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Babylonian army. He weeps over the city and the Temple.

      The original name of this book is ekhah, which means alas. The Talmud refers to this book as Lamentations.[1]

      The main differences between the Greek method and the Hebraic method of teaching

      Once a student becomes aware of these two teaching styles, the student will be able to determine if the class attended or if a book read, whether the teaching method is either a Greek or Hebraic method. In the Greek manner, the instructor is always right because of advanced knowledge. In the college situation, it is because the professor has his/her Ph.D. in some area of study, so one assumes that he or she knows everything about the topic. For example, Rodney Dangerfield played the role of a middle-aged man going to college. His English midterm was to write about Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Since he did not understand any of Vonnegut's books he hired Vonnegut himself to write the midterm. When he received the paper from the English Professor told Dangerfield that whoever wrote the paper knew nothing about Vonnegut. The professor's words are an example of the Greek method of teaching. Did the Ph.D. English professor think that she knew more about Vonnegut's writings than Vonnegut did? [2]

      In the Greek teaching method, the professor or the instructor claims to be the authority. If one attends a Bible study class and the class leader says, I will teach you the only way to understand this biblical book, you may want to consider the implications. This method is standard since most Seminaries and Bible colleges teach a Greek mode of learning, which is the same method the church has been utilizing for centuries.

      Hebraic teaching methods are different. The teacher wants the students to challenge what they hear. It is through questioning that a student can learn. Also, the teacher wants his/her students to excel to a point where the student becomes the teacher. 

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      If two rabbis come together to discuss a passage of Scripture, the result will be at least ten different opinions. All points of view are acceptable if each is supported by biblical evidence. It is permissible and encouraged that students develop many ideas. There is a depth to God's Word, and God wants us to find all His messages contained in the Scripture.

      Seeking out the meaning of the Scriptures beyond the literal meaning is essential to understand God's Word fully.[3]  The Greek method of learning the Scriptures has prevailed over the centuries. One problem is that only the literal interpretation of Scripture was often viewed as valid, as prompted by Martin Luther's sola literalis meaning that just the literal translation of Scripture was accurate. The Fundamentalist movements of today base their beliefs on the literal interpretation of the Scripture. Therefore, they do not believe that God placed more profound, hidden, or secret meanings in the Word.

      The students of the Scriptures who learn through Hebraic

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