Psalms I: 1–50 (Anchor Yale Bible Commentary | AYBC)

by Mitchell Dahood

Publisher:

Yale University Press

, 2008

Overview

Psalms I: 1–50 is the first of a three-volume commentary on the biblical book of Psalms. It offers a unique, lively translation of the most beloved collection of poetry in Judeo-Christian sacred Scriptures. Based on his linguistic analysis of both biblical and extrabiblical texts, Mitchell Dahood, interprets this Hebrew poetry in light of rich linguistic and cultural evidence.

Dahood’s translation captures the beauty and full texture of Hebrew poetry. It offers an accurate English rendering, framed within the dynamic poetic forms of the Hebrew text. Through the use of Ugaritic and cognate literature, Dahood corrects mistranslations and illuminates previously obscure phrases. The fruit of a masterful analysis of the original texts, this fresh translation, the comprehensive notes, and the groundbreaking commentary establish Dahood’s Psalms I: 1–50 as the premier commentary on the Psalms.

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Key Features

• Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
• Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
• Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
• Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘For when Baal bestows eternal life, he invites the life-given to a banquet; he invites him to a banquet and gives him to drink.’” (Page 222)

“‘There is not to be absent from them one who can interpret the Law to them at any time of day or night, for the harmonious adjustment of their human relations. The general members of the community are to keep awake for a third of all the nights of the year reading book(s), studying the Law and worshiping together.’” (Page 3)

“You are my son. Implying through adoption; cf. 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 89:27–28. In Canaanite culture the king was believed to be an offspring of the gods and to have been suckled at divine breasts.” (Pages 11–12)

“‘Expel the insolent man and discord will leave with him, / Disputes and name-calling will cease’” (Pages 2–3)

“A hymn in which the sons of God are invited to acclaim the sovereignty of Yahweh, who manifests his power in a storm. The recognition that this psalm is a Yahwistic adaptation of an older Canaanite hymn to the storm-god Baal is due to H. L. Ginsberg, ‘A Phoenician Hymn in the Psalter,’ in Atti del XIX Congresso Internazionale degli Orientalisti (Roma, 1935), pp. 472–76.” (Page 175)

Product Details

• Title: Psalms I: 1–50
• Author: Mitchell Dahood
• Series: Anchor Yale Bible (AYB)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Pages: 380

About Mitchell Dahood

Mitchell Dahood was professor of Ugaritic language and literature at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome up to his death in 1982. He received his PhD under the direction of W. F. Albright at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Ugaritic-Hebrew Philology, available from Logos as part of the Ugaritic Library (12 vols.).