Ideas for Psalms commentaries

I tried to search for this in the forums and had no luck, but I'm fairly inexperienced on the forums. If there are posts on this topic, please tell me how to search better.

I am working on a writing/teaching project in the Psalms and need ideas for more technical commentaries to help with the project. Suggestions?

Thank you!

Kathy

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Graham Criddle

Hi Kathy

You might find the discussions at https://community.logos.com/forums/t/66532.aspx helpful - and also http://bestcommentaries.com/psalms/

I like:

Hope this helps, Graham

Rob

I tried to search for this in the forums and had no luck, but I'm fairly inexperienced on the forums. If there are posts on this topic, please tell me how to search better.

I am working on a writing/teaching project in the Psalms and need ideas for more technical commentaries to help with the project. Suggestions?

Thank you!

Kathy

I like to use a combination. The WBC volumes are very good but you have to balance them with something else. I like the NIVAC volume as it comes from a different direction. Also, Encountering the Book of Psalms by Bullock is very good.

Whyndell Grizzard

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/784543#Comment_784543

George Zemek has a great techincal book on Psalm 119 found here https://www.logos.com/product/37964/the-word-of-god-in-the-child-of-god-exegetical-theological-and-homiletical-reflections-from-the-119th-psalm have sat under him in numerous courses great grasp of the languages of the Word of God.

Mark Barnes

I am working on a writing/teaching project in the Psalms and need ideas for more technical commentaries to help with the project. Suggestions?

I've just begun preaching on the Psalms. Restricting myself to technical commentaries available in Logos, I'd recommend the new NICOT volume as head and shoulders the best. Also worth checking out is the Mentor volume. Personally I find the format of the WBC off-putting, and the Anchor volume a great disappointment (it concentrates on detail so much, it doesn't actually help you know what the Psalm means!). The ECC and FOTL volumes aren't bad (and have good bibliographies). For something a little different, Bruce Walkte's Psalms as Christian Lament and Psalms as Christian Worship are certainly worth consulting for the Psalms they cover.

Kathy Brasby

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/784540#Comment_784540

Thank you! Yes, those help a great deal. I tried to search by "Psalms commentaries" and came up empty. I am taking notes on these ideas. Thanks!!

Juanita

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I am working on a writing/teaching project in the Psalms and need ideas for more technical commentaries to help with the project. Suggestions?

Thank you!

Kathy

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Dan Francis

Two I want to mention, one being a favourite not yet mentioned and the other being one highly lauded but not one i find overly useful..

Psalms I: 1–50 by Mitchell Dahood

Psalms II: 51–100 by Mitchell Dahood

The Anchor Yale Bible: Psalms III: 101–150 by Mitchell Dahood

I personally have not found these Anchor volumes great but I know several people I highly respect who consider them essential.

Continental Commentary Series: Psalms 1-59 by Hans-Joachim Kraus

Continental Commentary Series: Psalms 60-150 by Hans-Joachim Kraus

Continental Commentary Series: Theology of the Psalms by Hans-Joachim Kraus

While these three have been extremely valuable to me.

-Dan

DAL

NIB series J. Clinton McCann Jr. is great, but not sold separately.

DAL

Kathy Brasby

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/784622#Comment_784622

Thank you again for all the ideas. I really appreciate them.

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/784622#Comment_784622

NIB series J. Clinton McCann Jr. is great, but not sold separately.

DAL

Very true it is likely my favourite over all.... although that did remind me of another I should mention...

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Psalms by James L. Mays

Of course I have left out other very valuable commentaries that tend to be more devotional like:

The Vitality of Worship: A Commentary on the Book of Psalms by Robert Davidson

The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and Translation by J. Eaton

Christ in the Psalms by Patrick Henry Reardon

-Dan