Psalms 1-50

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.

J. W. Rogerson (Author), J. W. McKay (Author)

9780521291606, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 July 1977

256 pages
21 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.28 kg

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 NEB 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 NEB translators. Over the years many different approaches have been made to the interoperation of the Psalms. The authors characterize these as the spiritual, the historical, the form-critical and the cultic approach, and their own commentary strikes an effective balance between them. One of their primary purposes is to bring out the religious teaching of permanent value within the Psalms.

The footnotes to the NEB text
Name, 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 NEB translation
Literary and poetic characteristics of the psalms
The contents of the Psalter
Book 1: Psalms 1–41
Book 2: Psalms 42–50
A note on further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]