David Toshio Tsumura
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The Second Book of Samuel (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)) (2019) 62 kappaletta
The Earth & the Waters in Genesis 1 & 2 (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament) (1989) 18 kappaletta
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Keeping God's Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective (2010) — Avustaja — 47 kappaletta
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I admit my bias: the MT rates a solid reading, including the hard parts (and there are hard parts), before looking to the LXX or other sources, or providing willy-nilly reconstructions. Despite Tsumura's obvious leaning towards Fundamental Christianity, I found that his reading of the MT was more than solid, and that he was able to make a compelling case for the tough passages. A fine example is his reading of 23:10-11 (pp. 554-555), where he shows that the passages are actually chiastically structured, successfully putting to rest any notion of corruption for this passage. Like I said, solid.
On the other hand, the commentary is pretty much tightly limited to the plan laid out in the introduction. That's a good thing, don't get me wrong, but I was hoping for a bit more discursiveness and meandering in the notes a la Hamilton. Alas.
Too, he has an axe to grind with McCarter (P. Kyle McCarter. I Samuel : a new translation ... Garden City : Doubleday, 1980. Anchor Bible 8. ISBN 0385067607). Mr. McCarter, as some of you may know, had frequent occasion to declare passages corrupt and/or provide (hurk) reconstructions, and Tsumura takes issue with this approach on virtually every page of his commentary. That's not hyperbole; the title of Tsumura's work could just as easily be Contra McCarter. It's a little unfair, this treatment. P. Kyle is certainly out in the weeds often enough, but he makes some solid contributions and by no means is his work without merit. Also he is by no means the worst of those who cry "Corrupt!" (Looking at you, Bolling), and he does try to bring other things besides translation and textual criticism to his commentary. And sometimes, he's even correct vis a vis textual corruption, but I hasten to add that there's a special layer of Hell for people who create "textual reconstructions (yurk)," even if said work is intended for good.
This commentary will have limited value unless you're doing textual criticism. If the latter is the case, then Tsumura should be right at the top of your list though you'll want to flesh out your reading with some second opinion literature, and McCarter is not a bad choice.… (lisätietoja)