Volume: Three-Volume Set
Year: 2018
Edition: First edition
Language: english
Pages: 5277
File: EPUB, 5.49 MB
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A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the
award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the
original.
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.
About the Author
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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