ECC volumes are "Critical" in terms of their detailed, systematic explanation of the biblical text.
The first task of the exegete of the Psalms is to clarify the obscurities and elucidate the theological significance of these poems.
Commentaire de L'Ancien Testament XIII
In this monumental work, his most ambitious undertaking, the late Samuel Terrien brings together a lifetime of scholarship on Psalms, long the wellspring of Jewish spirituality as well as the main hymnal of the Christian church. The book's insightful and clearly written introduction treats such subjects as the longevity and ecumenicity of the psalms, their Near Eastern background, the Hebrew te…