Endnote 3 – Laments at the Destroyed Temple

This brief analysis of the prayer’s structure could be reinforced with many details regarding the repetition of key words and phrases and other similar devices. For a more detailed treatment, see my Ezra, Nehemiah (Waco: Word Books, 1985), pp. 300–319, and “Structure and Historiography in Nehemiah 9, ” in Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Panel Sessions; Bible Studies and Ancient Near East, ed. D. Assaf (1988), pp. 117–131.