Psalms 120–150 (JPS Bible Commentary | JPSBC)
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Overview
The Jewish Publication Society’s highly acclaimed Bible Commentary series provides the Hebrew text of the Bible, the JPS English translation, and a line-by-line commentary. This volume presents commentary on Psalms 120–150, based on the most recent research on the language of the Bible, its literary forms, and the historical context that may have given rise to the psalms. The commentary pays special attention to the message of each psalm and to how the poetry shapes the message. At the same time, it draws on traditional Jewish interpretations of the meaning of the psalms.
- Provides the Hebrew text of the Bible, the JPS English translation, and a line-by-line commentary
- Pays special attention to the message of each psalm and to how the poetry shapes the message
- Draws on traditional Jewish interpretations of the meaning of the psalms
- Introduction to the Commentary: Psalms 120–150
- What are psalms?
- What is the Book of Psalms?
- What do the psalms mean?
- How does a psalm construct its meaning?
- Speakers and authors
- Scenarios and settings
- Dating Psalms 120–150
- Textual traditions and ancient interpretations
- The role of traditional Jewish interpretation in a modern commentary
- Scholarship on the Psalms
- Notes to the Introduction
- Commentary to Psalms 120–150
- Notes to the Commentary
- Excursus: Songs of Ascents
- Notes to the Excursus
In this exemplary work Adele Berlin combines her exceptional insight and creative interpretative gift for understanding poetry with her scholarly expertise in ancient Jewish history and Hebrew language in a remarkably clear and accessible way. Berlin leaves no stone unturned with respect to the current innovations in scholarship on the psalms. Both nonspecialists and specialists will benefit from this invaluable commentary.
—Hindy Najman, Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Writing with unsurpassed lucidity, Adele Berlin, one of the leading authorities on biblical Hebrew poetry, guides us through the literary and religious nature of the psalms, explaining what each passage likely meant to its author and his contemporaries and to later readers experiencing the psalms in the context of their own times.
—Jeffrey Tigay, A. M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
- Title: The JPS Bible Commentary: Psalms 120–150
- Authors: Adele Berlin, Avigdor Shinan, Benjamin D. Sommer
- Series: JPS Tanakh Commentary
- Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 206
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms 120-150 › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780827609402, 082760940X
- Resource ID: LLS:JPSBBLE19PS120
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-30T23:06:49Z
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