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Part of 16 Lamentations - 16.2 Ancient Hebrew TextsThe manuscript 4QLam (4Q111; 16.2.1.2) preserves remains of a Lamentations text distinct from mt-Lam (16.2.2). It was first published by Cross in 19831 and finally edited by the same author in * dj…

Part of 16 Lamentations - 16.2 Ancient Hebrew Textsmt-Lam is the only available complete Hebrew text of Lamentations. The poetic lines, which are in general very regular throughout the five poems,1 as well as the rigorous literary form of the alphabetic acrostics in Lamentations 1–4 contributed to the accurate transmission of the text. Thus mt-Lam is generally assumed to be “fairly well preserved.”216.2.2.1 History of ResearchApart from the discussion of text-critical details in commentaries3 and a series of eclectic notes published in articles by Ehrlich,4 Robinson,5 and Driver,6 there are three comprehensive text-critical studies on the text of Lamentations by Rudolph7, Albrektson,8 and Gottlieb.9 Rudolph (preparing his commentary on Lamentations for the kat series) collected and discussed verse by verse the textual problems of …