The JPS Bible Commentary: Psalms 120–150

Adele Berlin is Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies Emerita at the University of Maryland. She is the author of several books, including Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism, and The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther (JPS, 2001). She is coeditor (with Marc Brettler) of The Jewish Study Bible. Avigdor Shinan is Yitzhak Becker Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous books, including (with Yair Zakovitch) From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends (JPS, 2012). Benjamin D. Sommer is a professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic languages at Jewish Theological Seminary and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is the author of Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition and The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel, among other works.

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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
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