I note only one important omission: the commentary of Skinner in the ICC series. It falls into the category of “old but very good.” It is widely available on the used book market, and in downloadable and searchable form from at least one distributor. Another commentary in this category is that of Benno Jacob, never translated, unfortunately, into English.

Those of us who attended the 2006 annual meeting of SBL were given a sneak preview of commentaries soon to appear. The one I am especially looking forward to is that of Ronald Hendel, which will be the successor volume to that of Speiser in the AB series.

Finally, I would beg to differ with you when you say that historical criticism – the examination of questions of authorship and compositional history – doesn’t help with the interpretation of the final canonical form of the text. Admittedly, it takes a master exegete to pull it all together. But it has been done. Westermann, as you yourself seem to admit, is a counter-example to your statement. The essays of von Rad, more than his commentary, are another counter-example (available now in English)- though of course they lie outside of the purview of your survey.

Have you seen Ska’s lists? They lack your helpful commentary, but they are very competent. I link to them on my website: http://www.ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com

Thanks