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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dahood on `ecah, derek, mow$ab
  • Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:11:06 -0700

On 01/10/2003 11:13, B. M. Rocine wrote:

B-Haveray,

Why is it that Dahood's work on Psalms (Anchor, 1965!) is not impacting
recent translations, commentaries, lexicons?


Going back to the original question, specifically re commentaries, one more point:

The Word commentary on Psalms 1-50 by Peter Craigie is full of references to Dahood's work. Craigie is in many ways a supporter of Dahood's methods and his critique of them in his introduction is also a partial defence. He discusses Dahood's interpretation of Psalm 1, but rejects his understanding of DRK:

"In the present context, however, the argument for the meaning "assembly", in so far as it is based on Ugaritic, is without firm foundation. "Throne" would be a possible translation, though it would not fit the poetic context well. Furthermore, the contrasting of two /ways/ (1:6) is a common theme in both biblical literature ...and in Near Eastern texts... In summary, it is best to retain the translation "way" for Heb DRK:, both here [v.1] and in v 6."

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