For For pastors, students and scholars working closely on the text; not for a first reading of the book or for devotional use.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
5 of 5essential
Difficulty
4 of 5hard
A full scholarly commentary on Psalms 42–89 in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: his own translation, textual and historical notes, and theological reflection section by section. For close study, not first reading.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical4 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The second of his three volumes on the Psalms in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms, edited by Tremper Longman III and published by Baker Academic in 2007. It covers Psalms 42–89, the second and third books of the Psalter, with his own translation, notes and theological comment on each psalm.
Psalms, Volume 2: Psalms 42–89
by John Goldingay
For For pastors, students and scholars working closely on the text; not for a first reading of the book or for devotional use.
Should I read this?
A full scholarly commentary on Psalms 42–89 in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: his own translation, textual and historical notes, and theological reflection section by section. For close study, not first reading.
How it proceeds
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The second of his three volumes on the Psalms in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms, edited by Tremper Longman III and published by Baker Academic in 2007. It covers Psalms 42–89, the second and third books of the Psalter, with his own translation, notes and theological comment on each psalm.
Catalog ID
W.1C0SM0.K