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The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary

Robert Alter

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A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture. Capturing its brilliantly compact poetry and finely wrought, purposeful prose, Alter renews the Old Testament as a source of literary power and spiritual inspiration. From the family frictions of Genesis and King David's flawed humanity to the serene wisdom of Psalms and Job's incendiary questioning of God's ways, these magnificent works of world literature resonate with a startling immediacy. Featuring Alter's generous commentary, which quietly alerts readers to the literary and historical dimensions of the text, this is the definitive edition of the Hebrew Bible.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Dec 18th, 2018
  • Pages: 3500
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.80in - 6.90in - 6.60in - 10.75lb
  • EAN: 9780393292497
  • Categories: • Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General• Other English Translations - Text• Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General

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About the Author

Alter, Robert: - Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

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ACLS, a private, nonprofit federation of 80 national scholarly organizations, is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities.

Robert Alter, 2013 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecturer, recently gave a talk on "Literary Form and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible" with @FaithsOxford: https://t.co/QZzMxtUdDj

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Host of Good Faith Effort, a podcast on the Bible and society @gfaitheffort. Co-Founder, @soulshopstudios. CEO, Bnai Zion. I read the Bible in Hebrew.

A "Why Read The Bible In Hebrew" update: Later this afternoon, Robert Alter -- yes, *the* Robert Alter -- will be coming on @gfaitheffort to record an episode! What should I ask him? Here's a link to his magnum opus: his translation of the Hebrew Bible https://t.co/2I0pjMDBui

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[Alter's] achievement is monumental, marked by literary grace and intelligent commentary.-- "New York Times Book Review"
[A] truly magnificent translation...beautifully produced.--Eric Ormsby "Wall Street Journal"
[Alter's] accomplishment...is almost absurdly impressive. One wants to call it titanic or Olympian or even heroic, but those are the wrong words--pagan words. Alter will have to settle for one of the God-fearing Hebraic terms of praise that stipple his text: 'righteous' or 'strong' or, simply, 'wise.'--Adam Gopnik "New Yorker"

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