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The Five Books of Moses, Robert Alter
"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."āMichael Dirda,Ā 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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
This book is paperback.
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"A godsend. The foundational texts are here given their due in prose at once modern and magnificently cadenced. Immediately readable."āSeamus Heaney,Ā Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
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The Five Books of Moses, Robert Alter
The Five Books of Moses, Robert Alter
"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."āMichael Dirda,Ā 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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
This book is paperback.
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"A godsend. The foundational texts are here given their due in prose at once modern and magnificently cadenced. Immediately readable."āSeamus Heaney,Ā Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
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"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."āMichael Dirda,Ā 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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
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 ofĀ The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, aĀ NewsweekĀ Top 15 Book,Ā Los Angeles TimesĀ Favorite Book, andĀ San Francisco ChronicleĀ Best Book.
This book is paperback.
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"A godsend. The foundational texts are here given their due in prose at once modern and magnificently cadenced. Immediately readable."āSeamus Heaney,Ā Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
"Engrossing...the translation [that] deserves to become the version in which future generations encounter this strange and inexhaustible book."āJudith Shulevitz,Ā New York Times Book Review
"The poets will rejoice. Alter's language ascends to a rare purity through plainness that equals the plainness of the Hebrew."āCynthia Ozick,Ā The New Republic
