THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES A Translation with Commentary

Alter, Robert

ISBN 10: 0393333930 / ISBN 13: 9780393333930

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008

About this Item

A near fine copy. Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of The Five Books. ; 235 x 155mm; xlix, 1064 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES A Translation with Commentary
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393333930
• ISBN 13: 9780393333930
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religious

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Synopsis

"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."―Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World

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.

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.