This volume presents detailed commentary on Psalms 1-3, 6, 11, 13, 72, 81, 82, 88, 127, 137 and 149 as well as separate essays on the issue of the citations interlinking Ugaritic texts and psalms and on the political theology of monarchy. New insights from Ugaritology and the study of ancient Oriental civilizations and cultures are brought to bear on the poetic, philological, and theological interpretation of the Psalms.
Author Biography
Dr. Oswald Loretz ist emeritierter Professor fur altorientalische Philologie und vorderasiatische Altertumskunde an der Universitat Munster "
