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
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
Kathy Brasby: 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
Hi
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.
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.
Kathy Brasby: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.
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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!!
This was suggested to help with searches to find material discussed on the forums using a Google search box.
E.g. site:community.logos.com archaeology
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..
I personally have not found these Anchor volumes great but I know several people I highly respect who consider them essential.
While these three have been extremely valuable to me.
-Dan
St. Jerome's House † Install
NIB series J. Clinton McCann Jr. is great, but not sold separately.
DAL
DAL: 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...
Of course I have left out other very valuable commentaries that tend to be more devotional like: