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Valenţe hristologice ale Plângerilor lui Ieremia
Christological Valences of the Crying of Jeremiah

Author(s): Costel Hroştea
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Lamentations; Jeremiah; tradition; exile; catastrophe; Christ

Summary/Abstract: The book of Lamentations has a messianic echo in Jewish tradition and in the biblical readings of tisha beav celebration. The geber is related to ebed YHWH of Isaiah. In the Holy Week ritual of Christian worship this book is read, especially chapter three of Lamentations. The Fathers see in Christus Dominus (Lam. 4,20) a reference to the person of Jesus Christ and particularly to his death.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2014
  • Issue No: Suppl_2
  • Page Range: 523-532
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian