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The Hebrew Bible
Robert Alter is emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative literature and founding director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, where he has taught for more than fifty years. Professor Alter has published more than twenty books including two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry and award-winning translations of Genesis and the Five Books of Moses. He has devoted book-length studies to Fielding, Stendhal and the self-reflexive tradition of the novel. In 2009, he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for lifetime contribution to American letters.
The publication of Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary is a landmark achievement. Ten years in the making, it is the first single-author literary translation of the complete Hebrew Bible and marks the capstone of Alter’s award-winning career. Watch and celebrate this remarkable feat and learn how Alter approached the challenge of capturing the stunning literary power of the original into English.
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The Hebrew Bible
Robert Alter is emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative literature and founding director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, where he has taught for more than fifty years. Professor Alter has published more than twenty books including two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry and award-winning translations of Genesis and the Five Books of Moses. He has devoted book-length studies to Fielding, Stendhal and the self-reflexive tradition of the novel. In 2009, he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for lifetime contribution to American letters.
The publication of Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary is a landmark achievement. Ten years in the making, it is the first single-author literary translation of the complete Hebrew Bible and marks the capstone of Alter’s award-winning career. Watch and celebrate this remarkable feat and learn how Alter approached the challenge of capturing the stunning literary power of the original into English.
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Subscribe to Our Channel: @Arts & Ideas at the JCCSF
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#Robert Alter #The Hebrew Bible #Jewish
