The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary by Alter, Robert (9780393333930)

The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary

by Alter, Robert

Paperback - English

Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. In this landmark work, Alter's masterly translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, a Newsweek Top 15 Book, Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0393333930

EAN

9780393333930

Publisher

W W NORTON & CO

Publication Date

01 Oct 2008

Pages

1120

Weight (kg)

1.34

Dimensions (cm)

23.1 x 15.0 x 4.8

About Author

Robert Alter's ongoing 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