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Qoheleth.
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Which commentary would Shipmates recommend for the Psalms? I have the basic knowledge, so I'm looking for something middlingly technical rather than fluffy and devotional. I've borrowed James Mays, which I quite like and wondered what else is out there.
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Adam.
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I have Mays commentary too (as long as you mean the one in the Interpretation series).
Our prof for Psalms & Wisdom Lit said that the Psalter is the book of the Bible for which commentary helps the least, and I think he was probably right. If you want something very technical, analyzing all the strange Hebrew linguistic turns, looking for Canaanite parallels, and that kind of thing, the Anchor Bible might be the place to turn. But, for anything else, I'm just not sure if commentary is the best genre of academic discourse for deepening one's appreciation for the Psalms. I'd prefer to turn to studies.
Walter Brueggemann's "The Message of the Psalms" is a classic. I also recently read a good review of Gordon Wenham's "Psalms as Torah: Reading Biblical Song Ethically" and may well buy it soon (or, as soon as I've ploughed through some of the other books sitting unread on my shelf...)
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Oscar the Grouch
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I can't add anything other than to say that I too have both May's commentary in the Interpretation series and Brueggemann's book and value both highly.
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