Reading the NT with annotations - questions

What notes occur to me as I read the Jewish Annotated New Testament?

I even read the list of abbreviations - well skimmed it at least. The first thing I noted in the text intro to Matthew (page 1) is that there is no mention of the Markan priority without Q, The Case Against Q that Mark Goodacre proposes (2002).

Next I noted this sentence: page 3. Messiah is never used in Tanakh of the future ideal Davidic king. I immediately wondered about the usage in the psalms, especially the use in Psalm 89 and comparing this psalm with Psalm 72. [I see reading David Mitchell's interactions with Wilson "Lord, Remember David: G. H. Wilson and the Message of the Psalter" that I am in good company - I really should read those authors. - even if they are just arguing with each other!]

Psalm 72 does not have the term anointed, but it does, at the end of Book 2 of the Psalter, describe the ideal king. This is in contrast to Psalm 89 at the end of Book 3 which describes the lament of the 'earthly' kingdom. (Failure is too strong a word.)  Book 4 presents יְהוָה as king. What then is anointing and how does such a gift manifest itself in the individual, in the people, and in the relationship with יְהוָה?

The root for anoint is used in the following verses.

Verses sharing this stem

יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ יָחַד עַל יְהוָה וְעַל מְשִׁיחוֹ	--2.2	They station themselves, these kinglets of earth these rule-makers reasoning as one against יְהוָה and against his anointed	rule-makers, רזן (rzn) once in the psalms, weighty, judicious, commanding the kings are against the anointed from the beginning
מַגְדִּל יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד עוֹלָם	-18.51	Great victories he does for his king and he makes loving kindness for his anointed for David and his seed for ever	victories, ישׁע (yshu) = salvation Psalms 17-18 are prayer and statement of completion
עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה מְשִׁיחוֹ יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֹ בִּגְבֻרוֹת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ	-20.7	Now I know because יְהוָה will save his anointed he will answer from his holy heaven in the prevailing of the salvation of his right hand	part of the prayer for the king - following a space in the poem where the prayer is answered.
יְהוָה עֹז לָמוֹ וּמָעוֹז יְשׁוּעוֹת מְשִׁיחוֹ הוּא	-28.8	יְהוָה their strength and the stronghold of the victories of his anointed is he	Psalms 27-28 are again a pair focused on the individual
אָהַבְתָּ צֶּדֶק וַתִּשְׂנָא רֶשַׁע עַל כֵּן מְשָׁחֲךָ אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן מֵחֲבֵרֶךָ	-45.8	You have loved righteousness and hate wickedness therefore God your God has anointed you with oil of joy above your companions	the marriage of the king
מָגִנֵּנוּ רְאֵה אֱלֹהִים וְהַבֵּט פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ	-84.10	See our shield O God and take note of the face of your anointed	in the middle of Book 3, prayer for the whole people
מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו	-89.21	I have found David my servant with the oil of my holiness I have anointed him	the promise is noted
וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם מְשִׁיחֶךָ	-89.39	But you yourself have rejected and refused You have passed over with your anointed	the lament follows at the failure of the Davidic line
אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחֶךָ	-89.52	that your enemies יְהוָה have reproached that they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed	the enemies are triumphant
אַל תִּגְּעוּ בִמְשִׁיחָי וְלִנְבִיאַי אַל תָּרֵעוּ	105.15	do not touch my anointed and to my prophets do no evil	the anointed is the whole people
בַּעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדֶּךָ אַל תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ	132.10	on behalf of David your servant do not turn away the presence of your anointed	anointed is a frame with a promise in Psalm 132
שָׁם אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי	132.17	There I will cause the horn Of David to grow I have arranged a lamp for my anointed	The psalms do more than give room for hope. They provide the framework in which the anointed may grow and learn mercy

The Plan

The title of this post is a quote from Kermit the Frog.  What is my Plan this year.  Last year's plan was achieved. The proof of the pudding is at PoC with its 120 posts, 10 per month. This will continue with a more frequent pace (1 per day) for the Songs of Ascent. I hope I can keep up - for I continue to notice new things.

Today I received my copy of the Jewish Annotated NT - finally I will reread the NT - I wonder what this will do to me.  I will spread this out over the year I think.

I will also continue composing - layer by layer, sketch by sketch, testing the rhythm of my translation. Sections of the music will be aural references to other sections. I will now move away from strict sequential composition and sketch several scattered sections at once so that when I come to them I remember what I already have written - (Bayard makes it clear how memory often fails a writer - true of music also.)

And like all good humans, I will likely continue decomposing too.  But I hope to stop a few pesky aspects of my constitution. So far so good.

Happy New Year again!