In 1935 Harold L. Ginsberg, a distinguished Jewish scholar, put forward the hypothesis that Psalm 29 was originally a Phoenician hymn which had found its way into the biblical book of Psalms. Ginsberg’s hypothesis immediately attracted the attention of responsible scholars, for he was thoroughly competent in Hebrew and a pioneer of Ugaritic studies; he was not a man given to rash hypotheses. In support of his argument Ginsberg pointed to “pagan notions” in the psalm, particularly to the emphasis