Jps Bible Commentary: Psalms 120150

This volume of the Jewish Publication Society’s highly acclaimed Bible Commentary series provides the Hebrew text of Psalms 120–150 along with the JPS English translation and a line-by-line commentary.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations 
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
Bibliography

About the author

Adele Berlin

Summary

This volume of the Jewish Publication Society’s highly acclaimed Bible Commentary series provides the Hebrew text of Psalms 120–150 along with the JPS English translation and a line-by-line commentary.

Product details

• Authors: Adele Berlin, Adele/ Sommer Berlin
• Assisted by: Benjamin Sommer (Editor)
• Publisher: Jewish Publications Society
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9780827609402
• ISBN: 978-0-8276-0940-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: JPS Bible Commentary
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism