Do You Think the Book of Lamentations Belongs in the Canon?

For something to be in the canon, it needs to both be divinely inspired and be meant for inclusion into the canon. Orthodox place a very high value on tradition, and i think they would be even more reluctant to explore the idea that this belongs in the canon. In terms of protestants, i thinko hear, you would have a a mixed reaction. They don't have the same history of looking at how things belong in the canon that catholics and orthodox do. And so he would have some protestants who would say, oh, if this is by paul, we need to take it really seriously, and we should include it in the bible - even if it means buying