Robert Alter
American literary scholar, translator, and critic; professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, known for influential literary readings and English translations of the Hebrew Bible and for works on biblical narrative and poetry.
Books
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1. The Five Books Of Moses
A Translation with Commentary
A clear, contemporary translation of the Pentateuch paired with close, literary-minded commentary that foregrounds the Hebrew text’s rhythms, wordplay, and narrative techniques; it reads the stories of the patriarchs, the Exodus, laws, and rituals not only as religious instruction but as literary art, explaining how diction, syntax, and structure shape character, theme, and meaning while tracing the central concerns of covenant, law, identity, and exile for modern readers.
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