Cambridge Bible Commentaries: Old Testament 32 Volume Set: Psalms 101-150 (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament)

Cambridge University Press, 7/14/1977
EAN 9780521291620, ISBN10: 0521291623

Paperback, 208 pages, 20.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
Language: English

This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship, and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the New English Bible text with commentary. Dr Rogerson and Dr McKay stress the richness and variety of the material in the Psalms, and provide an analytical table of the predominant themes. They discuss the literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry with special reference to devices such as the acrostic, and examine the problems faced by the New English Bible translators. Over the years many different approaches have been made to the interpretation of the Psalms. The authors characterize these as the spiritual, the historical, the form-critical and the cultic approaches, and their own commentary strikes an effective balance between them. One of their primary purposes is to bring out the religious teaching that is of permanent value within the Psalms.

The footnotes to the N.E.B. text
Names, content and place of the book in the Old Testament
Psalm titles, authorship and growth of the Psalter
History of interpretation
The character of the N.E.B. translation
Literary and poetic characteristics of the psalms
The contents of the Psalter
Index.